单词 | ship-of-war |
释义 | ship-of-warn. ? Now rare. A ship equipped for warfare; a man-of-war, warship. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] great shipa1400 ship-of-war1479 man-of-war1484 warship1533 war-man1546 rostrum1782 U.S.S.a1912 warcraft1918 tin can1937 1479 in H. E. Malden Cely Papers (1900) 19 I here saye ther schall goe schepys of war to the see. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 610 He was encountered with a shippe of warre, appertayning to the Duke of Excester. 1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. 65 A Ship of War (which is called a man of War among Sea-men). 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 107 Our Ships of War are undisputably the best in the World. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Ship Ships of war are properly equipped with artillery. 1800 J. Charnock Hist. Marine Archit. I. Pref. p. xcv The custom..of appointing land officers..to the command of ships of war. 1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) II. xxxiv. 363 A larger ship-of-war from that station joined the expedition. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1479 |
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