单词 | ship-breaking |
释义 | ship-breakingn.ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > shipwreck > [noun] shipbrechea1067 ship-breaking1398 ship-brechinga1400 shipwreckc1450 wreck1463 wrake1513 wrack1579 naufrage1589 wrecking1775 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xiii. xxi Ȝif schippes falleþ þerein in anye wise, he scapeþ not þe perille of schipbrekinge. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 20973 Schip-breking [Fairf. shipbrekinge, Vesp. Scipbreging] he sufferd thrijs.] c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 446/2 Schyppbrekynge, naufragium. 1493 Festivall (1515) 9 b Saynt poule sayth I haue been..thre tymes in shyppe brekynge. 2. The breaking up of old ships; the occupation of a ship-breaker. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > ship-breaking > [noun] ship-breaking1897 1897 Daily News 13 May 3/3 The Shipbreaking Company (Limited), of London, has recently purchased from the Admiralty the iron corvette Euryalus [etc.]. 1931 A. Huxley Let. 6 Aug. (1969) 351 There are bits of Toulon harbour—ship-building and ship-breaking yards..I have always longed to paint. 1976 S. Wales Echo 26 Nov. 38/8 The Welshman..has business interests which include farming..and ship-breaking. 3. The crime of breaking into a ship for the purpose of committing a felony. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > [noun] housebreachlOE burgh-brechea1387 burglary1532 housebreaking1607 breaking and entering1617 game1811 crack1819 screwing1819 effraction1840 burst1857 burglarizing1872 burgling1880 ship-breaking1901 1901 Scotsman 7 Jan. 9/7 Shipbreaking at Aberdeen—..sent..to prison..for breaking into the steam line fishing boat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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