| 单词 | lookout ship |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslookout ship b. attributive, designating a boat or ship used for reconnoitring, as lookout boat, lookout ship, etc. Cf. sense 2b. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > look-out or reconnaissance vessel spy-boat1637 guard-ship1689 station ship1693 scout-ship1694 guard-boat1696 scout1706 lookout1761 lookout ship1762 watch-boat1789 patrol boat1854 spy-ship1858 picket boat1861 picket launch1864 scout vessel1869 vedette boat1884 picket ship1898 coastal1912 P boat1917 spotter1931 radar picket1945 1762 London Mag. Aug. 455/1 Capt. Holmes, at sea, who was a look-out ship..had left the Havanna the 5th of July. 1782 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 200/2 That morning the look-out frigate a-head fell-in with and took a large King's cutter, named the Espion, of 16 six pounders. 1854 Naut. Mag. & Naval Chron. June 315 To our great joy, just before sunset the signal was made from the look-out canoe for smoke ahead. 1901 Sci. Amer. 15 June 372/1 The yachts which were..transformed into scouts and lookout vessels. 1968 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 88 43 In 480 B.C. the ten ‘best sailers’ of the Persian fleet were sighted by three Greek look-out ships which were out at sea. 2001 Evening Standard (Nexis) 5 Sept. 54 Lookout boats patrolled the nearby lough. < as lemmas |
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