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Definition of gunwale in English: gunwale(also gunnel) noun ˈɡʌn(ə)lˈɡənl often gunwalesThe upper edge or planking of the side of a boat or ship. 舷缘，舷边；船壳侧板 Example sentencesExamples - In consequence, he was entirely too occupied with his own difficulties to notice the gossamer shape poking its head above the gunwales of the ersatz pirate ship suspended above the gambling floor to the left of the pinball arcade.
- There was seating facing inboard along the gunwales of the boat.
- I'm perched on the gunwale of a boat rocketing along at breakneck speed, getting ready to jump into the emerald waters of Australia's Moreton Bay.
- For their own safety, the two rescuers should lift together, and bring the swimmer into the canoe in stages - arms over gunwale, torso over gunwale, one leg over, etc.
- Your ship will immediately be surrounded by frantic rowboats, young men standing at the gunwales shouting Halloo!
- But when the houseboats line up gunwale to gunwale in a cove thick with blue exhaust, the river becomes a student paradise and every parent's worst nightmare.
- While working around a wing dam on the Missouri, a fish suddenly went ballistic alongside, bounced into his lap, slammed into the opposite side, ricocheted off the gunwale and went back in the water.
- The stats are so one-sided, that if this was a rowboat there would be no-one on the bear side… which means that water will soon be pouring over the gunwales.
- Plank roads at intervals are pushed far into the swamp, but the banquettes [sidewalks] cease and wooden gunwales and planks take their place.
- We had to hoist the fish in and out of the holding tank and then onto the sling before lifting them gently over the gunwales to release them.
- You never know what quite to expect at boat show product demonstrations, but when someone swings a baseball bat repeatedly into a boat's gunwale, they quickly get everyone's attention.
- In fact before we knew it we were about to pass right beneath said tree, although this wasn't going to be easy as we were heading for a large overhanging bough which was only about a foot above the level of the gunwales.
- Miri gripped the gunwales and held on for dear life as the boat careened from wave to wave, bouncing from rock to hidden rock.
- It's one thing to board the Titanic as it leaves port, but quite another to come on board when the water is coming over the gunwales.
- Installation was neat and tidy, cables and steering being run down each side of the boat under respective gunwales and thence into the centre console.
- Thick tarps, stretched gunwale to gunwale, deck three-quarters of the Brendan, but where the helmsman must stand there is a gaping hole.
- Broken windows and rotted gunwales allow plenty of light inside.
- Wherever possible, he writes with a seaman's lingo of seaways, gunwales, swells and whitecaps.
- After a taxing turtle-wrestling session the next day, I drag myself over the boat's gunwale and sit on a bare metal seat.
- Seats were screwed onto the frames, and hoops of ash fixed on as gunwales.
Phrasesinformal So as to be almost overflowing. 〈非正式〉满满地，快要溢出地 the car is stuffed to the gunwales with camera equipment 汽车里塞满了摄影器材。 Example sentencesExamples - And where are the food and wines from around the globe that stuff our British supermarkets to the gunnels?
- Once, during a seasonal visit to the store, I watched as a little man struggled with a leviathan of a trolley, stuffed to the gunnels with drink, box after box of it.
- I see the double-segment busses trundle past at rush hour, filled to the gunwales, and I'm glad: congestion would be worse without the busses.
- With the place already stuffed to the gunnels with faceless drones, it will certainly be less interesting without him.
- The houses are never squalid; what they are is crammed to the gunwales with stuff - stuff that's been packed into drawers and cupboards and closets, no rhyme or reason to it, and not an inch of space to spare.
- Across Europe, gigantic music stores stuffed to the gunwales with American pop, rock and urban do a sideline in hipster books.
- As we danced and drank firewater away from the crush, thug after thug was hauled out of the crowd, some spattered with blood, others merely loaded to the gunwales with stolen booty.
- Nevertheless, it explains the huge number of ferries and hydrofoils that regularly ply the waters between Helsinki and Tallinn full to the gunwales with thirsty Finns.
- Mine was stuffed to the gunnels with everything I could lay my hands on before we split.
- It was a bit of a comedown in that we had to pack up everything and then spend 48 hours homeless - living in other people's spare rooms, our car packed to the gunnels with all our worldly possessions.
OriginLate Middle English: from gun + wale (because it was formerly used to support guns). RhymesChunnel, funnel, gunnel, runnel, tunnel Definition of gunwale in US English: gunwale(also gunnel) nounˈɡənlˈɡənl often gunwalesThe upper edge of the side of a boat or ship. 舷缘，舷边；船壳侧板 Example sentencesExamples - The stats are so one-sided, that if this was a rowboat there would be no-one on the bear side… which means that water will soon be pouring over the gunwales.
- Broken windows and rotted gunwales allow plenty of light inside.
- In fact before we knew it we were about to pass right beneath said tree, although this wasn't going to be easy as we were heading for a large overhanging bough which was only about a foot above the level of the gunwales.
- Wherever possible, he writes with a seaman's lingo of seaways, gunwales, swells and whitecaps.
- Installation was neat and tidy, cables and steering being run down each side of the boat under respective gunwales and thence into the centre console.
- But when the houseboats line up gunwale to gunwale in a cove thick with blue exhaust, the river becomes a student paradise and every parent's worst nightmare.
- For their own safety, the two rescuers should lift together, and bring the swimmer into the canoe in stages - arms over gunwale, torso over gunwale, one leg over, etc.
- It's one thing to board the Titanic as it leaves port, but quite another to come on board when the water is coming over the gunwales.
- We had to hoist the fish in and out of the holding tank and then onto the sling before lifting them gently over the gunwales to release them.
- While working around a wing dam on the Missouri, a fish suddenly went ballistic alongside, bounced into his lap, slammed into the opposite side, ricocheted off the gunwale and went back in the water.
- There was seating facing inboard along the gunwales of the boat.
- Your ship will immediately be surrounded by frantic rowboats, young men standing at the gunwales shouting Halloo!
- Seats were screwed onto the frames, and hoops of ash fixed on as gunwales.
- You never know what quite to expect at boat show product demonstrations, but when someone swings a baseball bat repeatedly into a boat's gunwale, they quickly get everyone's attention.
- I'm perched on the gunwale of a boat rocketing along at breakneck speed, getting ready to jump into the emerald waters of Australia's Moreton Bay.
- Plank roads at intervals are pushed far into the swamp, but the banquettes [sidewalks] cease and wooden gunwales and planks take their place.
- Miri gripped the gunwales and held on for dear life as the boat careened from wave to wave, bouncing from rock to hidden rock.
- After a taxing turtle-wrestling session the next day, I drag myself over the boat's gunwale and sit on a bare metal seat.
- Thick tarps, stretched gunwale to gunwale, deck three-quarters of the Brendan, but where the helmsman must stand there is a gaping hole.
- In consequence, he was entirely too occupied with his own difficulties to notice the gossamer shape poking its head above the gunwales of the ersatz pirate ship suspended above the gambling floor to the left of the pinball arcade.
Phrasesinformal So as to be almost overflowing. 〈非正式〉满满地，快要溢出地 the car is stuffed to the gunwales with camera equipment 汽车里塞满了摄影器材。 Example sentencesExamples - Mine was stuffed to the gunnels with everything I could lay my hands on before we split.
- Nevertheless, it explains the huge number of ferries and hydrofoils that regularly ply the waters between Helsinki and Tallinn full to the gunwales with thirsty Finns.
- Across Europe, gigantic music stores stuffed to the gunwales with American pop, rock and urban do a sideline in hipster books.
- And where are the food and wines from around the globe that stuff our British supermarkets to the gunnels?
- With the place already stuffed to the gunnels with faceless drones, it will certainly be less interesting without him.
- As we danced and drank firewater away from the crush, thug after thug was hauled out of the crowd, some spattered with blood, others merely loaded to the gunwales with stolen booty.
- The houses are never squalid; what they are is crammed to the gunwales with stuff - stuff that's been packed into drawers and cupboards and closets, no rhyme or reason to it, and not an inch of space to spare.
- I see the double-segment busses trundle past at rush hour, filled to the gunwales, and I'm glad: congestion would be worse without the busses.
- It was a bit of a comedown in that we had to pack up everything and then spend 48 hours homeless - living in other people's spare rooms, our car packed to the gunnels with all our worldly possessions.
- Once, during a seasonal visit to the store, I watched as a little man struggled with a leviathan of a trolley, stuffed to the gunnels with drink, box after box of it.
OriginLate Middle English: from gun + wale (because it was formerly used to support guns). |