It refitted the Silver Wind during her long period in lay-up to resume operating all four ships for the summer season, then withdrew the Silver Cloud at the end of October to undergo a similar refit.
A prime objective of lay-up is to prepare your boat for the inevitability of freezing conditions.
It was planned that the third engineer should remain on board throughout the period of lay-up as sole watchman.
Completed in 1996, it was completely restored, after a period of lay-up, in 1999.
2Basketball A one-handed shot made from near the basket, especially one that rebounds off the backboard.
〔篮球〕篮下单手擦板跳投
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The main idea is to practice lay-ups at game speed.
This year my team did really bad because they couldn't hit their jump shots, 3 pointers, lay-ups, or free throws.
You'll have a number of tools at your disposal to rack up the points on the court, along with the usual jump shots, dunks and lay-ups.
But they were on fire and we missed nine lay-ups which really hurt us.
He never tried jump shots, just lay-ups and dunks.