- 針路
- しんろ
course
direction
compass bearing* * *しんろ【針路】**course[the/one's ~] 針路The plane is on [off] its right course. 飛行機は正しい針路をとっている[からはずれている]
tack〖U〗〖C〗針路, 方針, 政策.▲take a (compass) bearing on a lighthouse 灯台の方向に針路をとる
Our ship laid close to the wind. 我々の船は針路を風上にとった.
* * *しんろ【針路】〔羅針盤や管制装置などの指示による〕 a course.●針路からそれる deviate [swerve] from one's course; go [stray] off (one's) course; be driven off [out of one's] course 《by a storm》; 【海・空】 yaw
・風のために針路からそれる get blown off (one's) course.
●針路を向ける[取る] direct [set] one's course 《toward [for]…》; 〔船が〕 sail [head, make] 《for…》
・針路を定める fix [lay] one's course 《for [toward]…》
・針路を変える[転じる] change course; alter [change, shift] one's course; redirect one's course towards 《the north》
・針路を取り直す change course and head 《for the mainland》; reset one's course 《for Okinawa》
・針路を北へ取る steer one's course northward; take a northerly course
・針路を誤る take the wrong course 《in life》; go wrong; get on the wrong track
・針路をそれない[変えない]でいる keep [stay] on (one's) course; do not change direction.
針路修正 course correction [adjustment].
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.