English Dictionary

take water

動詞

古語 歴史的 アメリカ英語 口語

(now rare, historical) To travel in a vessel on a body of water; to embark on a ship. / As a person or animal, to go into a body of water and start swimming.

日本語の意味

船に乗って水上を移動すること（歴史的・まれな意味として、水路や海を旅すること） / 船に乗り、船旅や航海に出ること / 人や動物が水に入り、泳ぎ始めること

In the seventeenth century, merchants would take water along the coast to deliver spices.

17世紀には、商人たちは香辛料を届けるために沿岸を船で航海した。

意味（1）

(now rare, historical) To travel in a vessel on a body of water; to embark on a ship.

I concealed my amour, as well as the effects of it, from his knowledge, and frequently took water from the Bridge, that my motions might not be discovered.

意味（2）

As a person or animal, to go into a body of water and start swimming.

意味（3）

Of a vessel, to admit water through a leak or port or similar; to take in water.

It had taken Water, and the Powder was cak'd as hard as a Stone.

意味（4）

(US, colloquial) To run away; to back down.

takes water （ present singular third-person ）

taking water （ participle present ）

took water （ past ）

taken water （ participle past ）