单词 | pump boat |
释义 | > as lemmaspump boat pump boat n. a boat fitted with a pump, used to pump water out of a damaged or sinking vessel. ΚΠ 1864 D. D. Porter Let. 28 Apr. in Rep. Joint Comm. Conduct of War (1865) 248 One of the pump-boats had her boiler exploded by a shot. 1878 N. Amer. Rev. Sept. 227 I brought to the assistance of her commanding officer two heavy pump-boats. 1998 Canal Boat & Inland Waterways Aug. 88/1 (caption) Her stern caught on the upper gate sill and the wooden hull broke its back forward of the cabin. Pump boat and sheerlegs were soon on the scene. < as lemmas |
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