| 单词 | pest ship |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspest ship pest ship n. now historical †(a) a ship for the reception of those suffering from a plague; (b) a ship having any infectious disease on board. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > hospital or infirmary > hospital ship hospital ship1683 pest shipa1684 hospital1709 hospital vessel1897 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > vessel for reception of sick or injured hospital ship1683 pest shipa1684 hospital1709 victim-ship1835 hospital vessel1897 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > vessel with disease on board plague ship1820 pest ship1895 a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1665 (1955) III. 418 A Pest-ship, to waite on our infected men. 1895 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 263 The horrors of the holds of the pest-ship. 1946 Amer. Anthropologist 48 337 Some vessels..became known as pest ships because of the epidemic diseases that had spread unchecked among the passengers. 2003 Sunday Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) (Nexis) 2 Nov. (Mag.) Ambrois Heidel..immigrated to the German Coast of Louisiana on the ‘pest’ ship La Charente in 1721. < as lemmas |
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