| 单词 | blockade runner |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblockade runner blockade runner n. now chiefly historical a vessel which runs or attempts to run into a blockaded port; (also) the owner, master, or one of the crew of such a vessel.Esp. with reference to the American Civil War (1861–5), during which many British ships were engaged in running the blockade of Richmond and other Southern ports. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > trading vessel > [noun] > blockade-runner runner1814 blockade runner1862 1862 N. Amer. & U.S. Gaz. 7 Mar. The blockade runners who infest out ports. 1878 N. Amer. Rev. 127 381 The English blockade-runners passed through the American blockading squadron. 1944 Flying Oct. 252/1 The entire crew were to be lost on this patrol mission after tangling with the guns of one of the German blockade runners. 1995 P. Jenkins Along Edge of Amer. xxxiv. 223 His great-great-grandfather had been a master of sailing ships and a bar pilot, considered to be the best blockade runner of the Civil War. < as lemmas |
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