about ship

动词 v.
中文释义
美 /əˌbaʊt ˈʃɪp/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. Tack; to cause to turn into the wind and through the other side ending with a full 180 degree turn. intransitive
    — The ships fired grape shot but to no effect. They about ship and went to sea.

词形变化

about ships present,singular,third-person about shipping participle,present about ship participle,past about ship past about shipped participle,past about shipped past

词源

From the imperative phrase used as an order aboard sailing ships.
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