aground

a·ground /əˈɡraʊnd/ adverbadv

run/go aground TTWif a ship runs aground, it becomes stuck in a place where the water is not deep enough 〔船〕搁浅

Examples from the Corpus

run/go aground• The beach was long, flat and shelved so gently that no normal vessel could have come ashore without running aground.• The prosecution's case had turned primarily on the allegation that he was drunk when his ship ran aground.• Y., to Providence, ran aground Friday afternoon after the tugboat pushing it was disabled by an unexplained explosion.• More than 72,000 tonnes of crude oil spilled into the estuary after the tanker ran aground in 1996.• The pirate station, which ran aground last November, is using equipment and records donated by listeners.• The Ecuadorean tanker Jessica started leaking diesel oil after running aground last week.

Examples from the Corpus

aground• Normally, the pilot would have been on board before the ship ran aground 100 yards off the Tower of Hercules navigation light.• The beach was long, flat and shelved so gently that no normal vessel could have come ashore without running aground.• At least 20 others were run aground, driven into sand bars by huge waves and winds topping 100 miles per hour.• The pirate station, which ran aground last November, is using equipment and records donated by listeners.• The captain and crew of the oil tanker that ran aground on the Galapagos have been arrested.• The casualty could be seen aground on the Mid Haisbro Sand, lifting slightly in the moderate swell.

单词	aground
释义	aground a·ground /əˈɡraʊnd/ adverbadv run/go aground TTWif a ship runs aground, it becomes stuck in a place where the water is not deep enough 〔船〕搁浅 Examples from the Corpus run/go aground• The beach was long, flat and shelved so gently that no normal vessel could have come ashore without running aground.• The prosecution's case had turned primarily on the allegation that he was drunk when his ship ran aground.• Y., to Providence, ran aground Friday afternoon after the tugboat pushing it was disabled by an unexplained explosion.• More than 72,000 tonnes of crude oil spilled into the estuary after the tanker ran aground in 1996.• The pirate station, which ran aground last November, is using equipment and records donated by listeners.• The Ecuadorean tanker Jessica started leaking diesel oil after running aground last week. Examples from the Corpus aground• Normally, the pilot would have been on board before the ship ran aground 100 yards off the Tower of Hercules navigation light.• The beach was long, flat and shelved so gently that no normal vessel could have come ashore without running aground.• At least 20 others were run aground, driven into sand bars by huge waves and winds topping 100 miles per hour.• The pirate station, which ran aground last November, is using equipment and records donated by listeners.• The captain and crew of the oil tanker that ran aground on the Galapagos have been arrested.• The casualty could be seen aground on the Mid Haisbro Sand, lifting slightly in the moderate swell.
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