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单词 ship-breaking
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ship-breakingn.

Etymology: See breaking n. In sense 1 formed after shipbreche n. (compare Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schipbrekinge).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈship-ˌbreaking.
1. = shipbreche n. Obsolete.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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