英语词汇“home fleet”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Home Fleet n. a fleet of the British Navy detailed to home defence, esp. in the English Channel (cf. Channel Fleet n. at channel n.¹ Compounds 2 and home guard n. 1) (now historical); (also) (with lower-case initials) any fleet operating in the waters of its own country.

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armada1588

flote1673

flota1690

Home Fleet1705

home guard1712

Channel Fleet1741

Grand Fleet1914

1705 J. Michelborne Ireland Preserv'd ii. iii. 76 Tis our Home Fleet is come in, our two Privateers that were Abroad.

1797 Ld. Nelson Let. Apr. (1845) II. 374 Had there been no Fleet in the Channel, the French might have come up the Mediterranean and taken us all; therefore the Home Fleet certainly took care of us and covered us.

1883 Peel City Guardian 15 Sept. Our harbour is once more almost empty, as the Home Fleet are fishing off Douglas.

1904 To-day 14 Dec. 162/1 The Present Home Fleet is to be called the Channel Fleet.

1906 Daily Chron. 24 Oct. 7/4 A distinct fleet will be constituted from the ships in commission in reserve, to be called the ‘Home Fleet’.

1922 W. C. King King's Compl. Hist. World War 127/2 Germany, in addition to her home fleet, had eleven warships in other seas, protecting her thousands of merchant vessels.

2001 R. Moore Royal Navy & Nucl. Weapons 10 A Mediterranean Fleet was based at Malta and Gibraltar until 1967, when it was merged with the Home Fleet.

单词	home fleet
释义	> as lemmas Home Fleet Home Fleet n. a fleet of the British Navy detailed to home defence, esp. in the English Channel (cf. Channel Fleet n. at channel n.¹ Compounds 2 and home guard n. 1) (now historical); (also) (with lower-case initials) any fleet operating in the waters of its own country. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > navy > a naval force or fleet > [noun] > specific fleet armada1588 flote1673 flota1690 Home Fleet1705 home guard1712 Channel Fleet1741 Grand Fleet1914 1705 J. Michelborne Ireland Preserv'd ii. iii. 76 Tis our Home Fleet is come in, our two Privateers that were Abroad. 1797 Ld. Nelson Let. Apr. (1845) II. 374 Had there been no Fleet in the Channel, the French might have come up the Mediterranean and taken us all; therefore the Home Fleet certainly took care of us and covered us. 1883 Peel City Guardian 15 Sept. Our harbour is once more almost empty, as the Home Fleet are fishing off Douglas. 1904 To-day 14 Dec. 162/1 The Present Home Fleet is to be called the Channel Fleet. 1906 Daily Chron. 24 Oct. 7/4 A distinct fleet will be constituted from the ships in commission in reserve, to be called the ‘Home Fleet’. 1922 W. C. King King's Compl. Hist. World War 127/2 Germany, in addition to her home fleet, had eleven warships in other seas, protecting her thousands of merchant vessels. 2001 R. Moore Royal Navy & Nucl. Weapons 10 A Mediterranean Fleet was based at Malta and Gibraltar until 1967, when it was merged with the Home Fleet. extracted from homen.¹adj. < as lemmas
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