| 单词 | companion ladder |
| 释义 | > as lemmascompanion ladder companion ladder n. a ladder leading from an opening in the deck of a ship down to a cabin or lower deck; (also) a ladder from the deck to the quarterdeck (now historical). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > other parts of body of vessel > [noun] > opening in deck > opening leading to cabin > staircase or ladder leading from companion ladder1737 companionway1742 1737 Proc. Old Bailey 24 Feb. 13/1 The Boy Walker..saw the Prisoner Johnson coming up the Companion Ladder with a Knife in his Hand and bloody. 1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft x. 363 The instant he got up the companion-ladder he heard a splash in the water. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 205 Companion-ladder, denotes the ladder by which the officers ascend to, and descend from, the quarter-deck. 1992 B. Unsworth Sacred Hunger xvi. 118 Paris..climbed the companion ladder to the quarterdeck. < as lemmas |
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