“Davy Jones”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

Davy Jones

释义

Davy Jones|ˈdeɪvɪ ˈdʒəʊnz|
Also simply Davy.
In nautical slang: The spirit of the sea; the sailors' devil. Davy Jones's (or Davy's) locker: the ocean, the deep, esp. as the grave of those who perish at sea.
1751Smollett Per. Pic. xiii. (Brewer), This same Davy Jones, according to the mythology of sailors, is the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep.1790Dibdin Poor Jack iii, And if to old Davy I should go, friend Poll, Why you will ne'er hear of me more.c1790J. Willock Voy. 12 The great bugbear of the ocean is Davie Jones..At the crossing of the line..[they call] out that Davie Jones and his wife are coming on board and that every thing must be made ready.1803Naval Chron. X. 510 The..seamen would have met a watery grave; or, to use a seaman's phrase, gone to Davy Jones's locker.1839Marryat Phant. Ship xli, I thought you had gone to Davy's locker.

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