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单词 ship-of-war
释义

ship-of-warn.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˌship-of-ˈwar.
? Now rare.
A ship equipped for warfare; a man-of-war, warship.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun]
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ship-of-war1479
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U.S.S.a1912
warcraft1918
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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.
attributive.1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 4 The thought of permanent ship-of-war construction in the private shipyards was seriously in contemplation.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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