(one's) bearings

Knowledge or awareness of one's orientation, position, or abilities relative to one's surroundings or situation. It took me a little while to find my bearings in the new office, but after a week, I felt as if I'd been working there for years. We need to get above the tree line before dark or we'll risk losing our bearings in these woods. Sarah had a little trouble getting her bearings after waking up in the new home for the first time.

*one's bearings

the knowledge of where one is; the knowledge of how one is oriented to one's immediate environment. (*Typically: get ~; find ~; have ~; lose ~; tell one ~.) After he fell, it took Ted a few minutes to get his bearings. Jean found her compass and got her bearings almost immediately.

词组	(one's) bearings
释义	(one's) bearings (one's) bearings Knowledge or awareness of one's orientation, position, or abilities relative to one's surroundings or situation. It took me a little while to find my bearings in the new office, but after a week, I felt as if I'd been working there for years. We need to get above the tree line before dark or we'll risk losing our bearings in these woods. Sarah had a little trouble getting her bearings after waking up in the new home for the first time. See also: bearing Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. one's bearings the knowledge of where one is; the knowledge of how one is oriented to one's immediate environment. (Typically: get ~; find ~; have ~; lose ~; tell one ~.) After he fell, it took Ted a few minutes to get his bearings. Jean found her compass and got her bearings almost immediately. See also: bearing McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: at (one's) doorstep at doorstep a change of scenery a change of scene be in a world of (one's) own be, live, etc. in a world of your own at (one's) expense at expense at somebody's expense at someone's expense
随便看	get the wind knocked out of (one) get the wind up (one) get the wooden spoon get the word get the worst of it get the worst of (something) get the wrinkles out get the wrinkles out (of something) get the wrong end of the stick get the wrong idea (about someone or something) get thin on top get this get this party started get this show on the road get through get through one's head get through thick skull get through to (someone or something) get ticket punched get tied up get time for (someone, something, or oneself) gettin getting any Getting any? getting on for...