英语词组between wind and water是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

between wind and water at a vulnerable point.

☞ This is a nautical metaphor referring to the part of a ship's side near the waterline that is sometimes above the water and sometimes submerged; damage to the ship at this level is particularly dangerous. The phrase is first recorded in its literal sense at the time of the Spanish Armada (1588): 'One of the shot was betweene the winde and the water, whereof they thought she would haue sonke'. By the mid 17th century, it was also being used of people.

1967Michael GilbertThe Dust and the Heat Mallinson must have guessed what was coming. Nevertheless, it hit him between wind and water.

词组	between wind and water
释义	between wind and water at a vulnerable point. ☞ This is a nautical metaphor referring to the part of a ship's side near the waterline that is sometimes above the water and sometimes submerged; damage to the ship at this level is particularly dangerous. The phrase is first recorded in its literal sense at the time of the Spanish Armada (1588): 'One of the shot was betweene the winde and the water, whereof they thought she would haue sonke'. By the mid 17th century, it was also being used of people. 1967Michael GilbertThe Dust and the Heat Mallinson must have guessed what was coming. Nevertheless, it hit him between wind and water.
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