| 释义 |
jumboize, v.|ˈdʒʌmbəʊaɪz|
[f. jumbo + -ize.]
trans. To enlarge a ship, esp. a tanker, by inserting a new middle section between the bow and stern. So ˈjumboized ppl. a.; ˈjumboizer; ˈjumboizing vbl. n.
1956N.Y. Times 23 Dec. S11/7 (heading) Concern to build ten and ‘jumboize’ nine. Ibid., ‘Jumboizing’ consists of building an entire new center section for a tanker. The existing vessel is then cut off at the bow and stern which are later joined to the new section. 1957Sun (Baltimore) 4 Apr. 16 We're ‘jumboizing’ present tankers. Ibid., First completed ‘jumboized’ oil tanker. 1957New Yorker 14 Sept. 33/3 In language controls, the trend is toward bastardization, if you ask us, and we wish the National Association of Manufacturers would call in all the jumboizers and miniaturizationists and bang their heads together. 1961Economist 28 Jan. 366/1 Conversions and jumboizing within 56 days. Ibid., The Schlieker yard had ‘jumboized’ on the spot the T2 tanker Kaposia. 1973Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 10 Feb. 25/2 Ferries on this route currently do not have the double kitchens of the jumboized ships on the Shwartz Bay–Tsawassen service. |