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

mosquito fleet n. a fleet of small manoeuvrable vessels, esp. fishing or pleasure craft pressed into service during wartime; also figurative.

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1778 J. Sullivan Let. 17 Sept. in P. D. Chase Papers George Washington (Revolutionary War Series) (2008) XVII. 40 The Sloops & Schooners mentioned by General Cornell by the name of the mesqueto Fleet..Stood Eastward Hugging the Shore.

1804 J. Larwood No Gun Boats 18 Man and victual the Musquitoe Fleet (as Wit in its wantonness has described it).

1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Sept. 1/2 Have we a sufficiently numerous mosquito fleet of torpedo boats, steam launches, and picket boats?

1931 J. F. McHale et al. Austral. Game Football 66 The Essendon team of 1922–1926 contained a number of very fast, skilful little players, known as the ‘mosquito fleet’.

1993 Amicus Jrnl. Spring 36/1 The fishermen..pulled together a ‘Mosquito Fleet’ to defend the sound's hatchery system.

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释义	> as lemmas mosquito fleet mosquito fleet n. a fleet of small manoeuvrable vessels, esp. fishing or pleasure craft pressed into service during wartime; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > gunboat > small > fleet of mosquito fleet1778 1778 J. Sullivan Let. 17 Sept. in P. D. Chase Papers George Washington (Revolutionary War Series) (2008) XVII. 40 The Sloops & Schooners mentioned by General Cornell by the name of the mesqueto Fleet..Stood Eastward Hugging the Shore. 1804 J. Larwood No Gun Boats 18 Man and victual the Musquitoe Fleet (as Wit in its wantonness has described it). 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Sept. 1/2 Have we a sufficiently numerous mosquito fleet of torpedo boats, steam launches, and picket boats? 1931 J. F. McHale et al. Austral. Game Football 66 The Essendon team of 1922–1926 contained a number of very fast, skilful little players, known as the ‘mosquito fleet’. 1993 Amicus Jrnl. Spring 36/1 The fishermen..pulled together a ‘Mosquito Fleet’ to defend the sound's hatchery system. extracted from mosquiton. < as lemmas
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