| 释义 |
seajack, v.|ˈsiːdʒæk|
[f. sea n. + hijack v.; cf. skyjack v.]
trans. To hijack (a ship) at sea. Also with the crew or passengers as obj.
1975Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 6 Sept. 15/11 Five girls who embark on a Mediterranean yachting holiday are sea-jacked and held as hostages. 1985Daily News (N.Y.) 10 Oct. 3/1 His uncle..was reported murdered..yesterday by Palestinians who seajacked the Italian cruise liner Achille Lauro. 1987Amer. Speech LXII. 181 The female tenth grader..remarked: ‘I'm afraid to go the Bahamas; I don't want to get seajacked.’ 1989Economist 5 Aug. 15 A jet carrying away the man responsible for seajacking the Achille Lauro in 1985.
Hence ˈseajack n., a hijacking at sea; ˈseajacker n., one who hijacks a ship;also ˈseajacking vbl. n.
1985Daily News (N.Y.) 9 Oct. 1 (heading) Warships tail seajackers. Ibid. 11 Oct. 40/5 The Achille Lauro, the object of the seajack..steamed into Port Said, Egypt early yesterday. 1985Economist 19 Oct. 13/2 Abu Abbas's bit of the Palestinian Liberation Organization has now admitted responsibility for the seajacking. 1986Christian Science Monitor 17 Nov. 29/1 Such incidents as..the seajacking of the Achille Lauro. 1987Time 20 July 29/3 They vividly remember him..sipping a glass of red wine while directing the interception by Navy jets of the Egyptian airliner carrying the seajackers. |