单词 | decoy ship |
释义 | > as lemmasdecoy ship decoy ship n. one used to decoy enemy vessels. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > decoy-ship decoy ship1915 mystery ship1916 Q-boat1918 Q-ship1918 Q1920 1915 War Illustr. 3 262/2 Decoy ships flying a neutral flag. 1923 W. S. Churchill World Crisis II. 290 Our two principal devices for destroying the German submarines were the Bircham Indicator Nets and the Decoy Ships, afterwards called the Q-boats. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 73 Decoy ships, a name for certain vessels (also known as ‘Mystery Ships’ and ‘Q-Ships’), introduced in 1915. < as lemmas |
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