run tight ship

/ship/US // ʃɪp //UK // (ʃɪp) //

严阵以待,管好自己的事,管好自己,管好自己人

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- : Nautical. a sailing vessel square-rigged on all of three or more masts, having jibs, staysails, and a spanker on the aftermost mast.Now Rare.a bark having more than three masts.Compare shipentine.
- : the crew and, sometimes, the passengers of a vessel: The captain gave shore leave to the whole ship.
- : an airship, airplane, or spacecraft.

v.有主动词 verb

1
shipped, ship·ping.
- : to put or take on board a ship or other means of transportation; to send or transport by ship, rail, truck, plane, etc.
- : Nautical. to take in over the side, as a vessel does when waves break over it.
- : to bring into a ship or boat.
- : to engage for service on a ship.
- :

Phrases

ship of state
ship out
ships that pass in the night
desert a sinking ship
enough to sink a ship
shape up (or ship out)
tight ship
when one's ship comes in

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inscrimp

Synonyms

cut back缩减,削减,裁减,缩减开支 skimp敷衍了事,一带而过,俭省,敷衍塞责 conserve保守,保育,保养,保管 curtail缩减,削减,缩短,缩水 save拯救,保存,节省,挽救 be cheap便宜,便宜点,廉价,很便宜 be economical节约,经济实惠,经济,节省 be frugal节俭,省吃俭用,勤俭节约,俭朴

Examples

Greece responded by sending its own ships to trail Turkey’s vessels.
Early in Quantum Reality, Baggott likens science to a ship that travels back and forth over the “Sea of Representation” from the rocky shores of Empirical Reality to the sandy beaches of Metaphysical Reality.
In the Americas, there has been a series of recent attacks against oil platforms and ships in Mexico’s Bay of Campeche.
In the DTC world especially it seems like for whatever reason the media buyers are the ones running the ship and making a lot of decisions on strategy.
One module ferries the crew to the moon’s surface from a larger ship in orbit.
After the captain made the call to abandon ship, 150 people were able to escape on lifeboats lowered by electronic arms.
Nerd Cruise By Adam Rogers, Wired What 800 Nerds on a Cruise Ship Taught Me About Life, the Universe, and Snorkeling.
There was one bathroom on the ship, and there were no showers or beds.
Two years into an Arctic expedition, they were forced to abandon ship a thousand miles north of Siberia.
The estimated ship date of the gadget is December 2014—perfect timing to say sayonara to smoking forever.
A wise man hateth not the commandments and justices, and he shall not be dashed in pieces as a ship in a storm.
The president sat in a chair which came over with the pilgrims in their ship, the Mayflower.
It was more like the boarding of a ship than any land fight I had ever seen or imagined.
My orders ought to have been taken before a single unwounded Officer or man was ferried back aboard ship.

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run tight ship

/ship/US // ʃɪp //UK // (ʃɪp) //

严阵以待,管好自己的事,管好自己,管好自己人

Related Words

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- : Nautical. a sailing vessel square-rigged on all of three or more masts, having jibs, staysails, and a spanker on the aftermost mast.Now Rare.a bark having more than three masts.Compare shipentine.
- : the crew and, sometimes, the passengers of a vessel: The captain gave shore leave to the whole ship.
- : an airship, airplane, or spacecraft.

v.有主动词 verb

1
shipped, ship·ping.
- : to put or take on board a ship or other means of transportation; to send or transport by ship, rail, truck, plane, etc.
- : Nautical. to take in over the side, as a vessel does when waves break over it.
- : to bring into a ship or boat.
- : to engage for service on a ship.
- :

Phrases

ship of state
ship out
ships that pass in the night
desert a sinking ship
enough to sink a ship
shape up (or ship out)
tight ship
when one's ship comes in

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inscrimp

Synonyms

Examples

Greece responded by sending its own ships to trail Turkey’s vessels.
Early in Quantum Reality, Baggott likens science to a ship that travels back and forth over the “Sea of Representation” from the rocky shores of Empirical Reality to the sandy beaches of Metaphysical Reality.
In the Americas, there has been a series of recent attacks against oil platforms and ships in Mexico’s Bay of Campeche.
In the DTC world especially it seems like for whatever reason the media buyers are the ones running the ship and making a lot of decisions on strategy.
One module ferries the crew to the moon’s surface from a larger ship in orbit.
After the captain made the call to abandon ship, 150 people were able to escape on lifeboats lowered by electronic arms.
Nerd Cruise By Adam Rogers, Wired What 800 Nerds on a Cruise Ship Taught Me About Life, the Universe, and Snorkeling.
There was one bathroom on the ship, and there were no showers or beds.
Two years into an Arctic expedition, they were forced to abandon ship a thousand miles north of Siberia.
The estimated ship date of the gadget is December 2014—perfect timing to say sayonara to smoking forever.
A wise man hateth not the commandments and justices, and he shall not be dashed in pieces as a ship in a storm.
The president sat in a chair which came over with the pilgrims in their ship, the Mayflower.
It was more like the boarding of a ship than any land fight I had ever seen or imagined.
My orders ought to have been taken before a single unwounded Officer or man was ferried back aboard ship.

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