| 单词 | mosquito craft |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmosquito craft mosquito craft n. small light vessels adapted for rapid manoeuvring; spec. mosquito boats. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel with reference to qualities or attributes > [noun] > with reference to behaviour at sea > light and nimble mosquito craft1850 1850 H. Melville White-jacket l. 249 All the musquito craft of Abba Thule, king of the Pelews. 1950 William & Mary Q. 7 284 The mosquito craft are frequently more interesting than the frigates and ships of the line from a technical standpoint, for it was in small boats that new theories were first tried out. 1990 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 50 581 An index based on numbers of warships in the ‘basic classes’ (that is, excluding mosquito craft). < as lemmas |
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