| 单词 | life craft |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslife craft life craft n. †(a) a small boat launched from land to rescue people in distress at sea (obsolete); (b) a small craft, carried on board a larger one, by which escape may be made in an emergency, a lifeboat; (also with plural agreement) boats of this nature. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > lifeboat or raft boatlOE lifeboat1797 safety boat1814 life raft1819 life craft1844 raft1849 redningskoite1906 Carley float1915 crash boat1936 1844 Mechanics' Mag. 20 Apr. 266/1 We desire all ships and boats to be life craft, everywhere in readiness to save life and property on the shore and on the seas. 1872 Times 23 Oct. 4/6 Then to watch, through gloom or through spray, the slow but steady progress of the life craft, the dogged and resolute pull of the rowers. 1947 J. Williamson in Astounding Sci. Fiction Mar. 18/1 Lifecraft 18 was a trim steel missile... It had its own ion drive, a regular crew of six, and plenty of additional space for our party. 1970 New Scientist 22 Oct. 178/1 A computer would calculate the position of the lifecraft with an accuracy of one to ten miles. 2005 Sea Angler Mar. 84/1 We called them cattle boats and in the years that followed I'd often sleep in one of the life craft. No stabilisers in those days, of course. < as lemmas |
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