| 释义 |
nuggar|ˈnʌgə(r)|
Also nugger, -ur, noggur, ? negger.
[Native name.]
A large boat, of very broad beam, used on the upper Nile for the transport of cargo, troops, etc.
1870Baker Ismailïa (1874) I. 173 We were hailed..within the Bahr Giraffe, by two noggurs (vessels) in distress. 1875Gordon in G. in Centr. Africa (1881) 91 We have taken nuggars down the Western Passage. 1884J. Colborne With Hicks Pasha in Soudan 109 We brought two battalions up with us in nuggurs. |