Helm
[helm] or [hɛlm]
解释:
(noun.) a position of leadership; 'the President is at the helm of the Ship of State'.
(noun.) steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered.
(verb.) be at or take the helm of; 'helm the ship'.
阿玛莉亚整理--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) See Haulm, straw.
(n.) The apparatus by which a ship is steered, comprising rudder, tiller, wheel, etc.; -- commonly used of the tiller or wheel alone.
(n.) The place or office of direction or administration.
(n.) One at the place of direction or control; a steersman; hence, a guide; a director.
(n.) A helve.
(v. t.) To steer; to guide; to direct.
(n.) A helmet.
(n.) A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain.
(v. t.) To cover or furnish with a helm or helmet.
奥古斯汀录入
同义词及近义词:
n. [1]. Helmet, morion.[2]. Steering apparatus.[3]. Direction, control, command, rule, reins, post of command.
编辑:罗比
解释:
n. the instrument by which a ship is steered: the station of management or government.—v.t. to direct.—n. Helm′age guidance.—adj. Helm′less of a ship without a helm.—n. Helms′man the one who steers.
n. a covering of armour for the head: (bot.) the hooded upper lip of certain flowers.—adjs. Helmed Hel′meted furnished with a helmet.—n. Hel′met-shell a genus of gasteropods having thick heavy shells with bold ridges: a cameo-shell.
整理:辛克莱
例句:
- Adrian sat at the helm; I attended to the rigging, the breeze right aft filled our swelling canvas, and we ran before it over the untroubled deep. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- The machine obeyed the slightest motion of the helm; and, the wind blowing steadily, there was no let or obstacle to our course. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- If the helm is refused them, they drug the captain's posset, bind him hand and foot, and take possession of the ship. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- They caught through the foliage glimpses of martial scarlet; helm shone, plume waved. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- She answers the helm equal to anything that ever was built, and I turned her twice in three times her own length. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- Fortunately, with her helm and screw, which were to her as a bridle is to a horse. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- Then the sailor took the helm. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- Many a haughty step bends to your halls, Many a helmed head. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
手打:南希