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单词 rocket line
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rocket line
rocket line n. a line fired to a wrecked ship by a rocket apparatus by which the people on board can be rescued.
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1837 Army & Navy Chron. 21 Sept. 181/1 The average number of times which the rocket-lines crossed the vessel,..was three times out of five.
1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 572/2 The tail-block, having been detached from the rocket-line, is fastened to a mast, or other portion of the wreck, high above the water.
1997 Shetland Times 21 Nov. 3/2 The captain brought his vessel around as the crew of the wallowing ship fired a rocket line to him.
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