oar n. 1.桨;橹。 2.桨手,划手。 3.划子,船。 4.桨状物,桨状器官〔翼、鳍、腕等〕。 This boat pulls [rows] six oars. 这只船用六把桨划。 a pair- [an eight-] oar 双桨[八桨]船。 a good [bad] oar 好[笨]桨手。 be chained to the oar 被强迫做苦工。 bend to the oars 用力划桨。 boat the oars 停划收桨。 have an oar in every man's boat 任何人的事情都要插手干涉,爱管闲事。 have the labouring oar 担任苦活,负担工作中最繁重或最艰苦的部分。 peak the oars 高举桨尾(出水中)。 pull a good oar 划得一手好桨。 pull a lone oar 独自干。 put [thrust] one's oar in 干预,多管闲事。 rest [lie] on one's oars 搁桨停划;(暂时)歇一歇;吃老本。 ship [unship]an oar 上[下]桨。 take [pull] the labouring oar 担任苦活。 toss the oars 举桨(敬礼)。 trail the oars 任桨随水漂流。 vi.,vt. 〔诗〕划,荡(桨);像桨一样摆动(手等)。 oar one's way 划桨前进。
The mutineers were bolder than we fancied , or they put more trust in israel s gunnery . for four or five of the were busy carrying off our stores , and wading out with the to one of the gigs that lay close by , pulling an oar on so hold her steady against the current 因为他们中有四五个人正忙着拖走我们的物资,并且涉水把它们装到其中的一个划子上,这只划子就停在近旁,里面的人不时划两下桨,以使它在湍流中保持稳定。
One instant he was astride a broncho and flying through the fairy - colored painted desert country ; the next instant he was gazing down through shimmering heat into the whited sepulchre of death valley , or pulling an oar on a freezing ocean where great ice islands towered and glistened in the sun 他一时骑着野牛在色彩绚丽宛如仙境的彩绘沙漠上飞驰一时又穿过闪着微光的热气俯瞰着死亡谷的晒白了的墓窟。他在快要冻结的海洋上划着桨,海面上巍然高耸的庞大冰山熠耀在阳光里。