| 单词 | sister ship |
| 释义 | > as lemmassister ship sister ship n. each of two or more ships built to the same design.It is likely that quot. 1635 is a poetic coinage rather than illustrating this sense. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > vessel belonging to specific line > vessel having same owner sister ship1799 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > balloons and airships > [noun] > airship > other airship with same owner sister ship1966 1635 T. May Victorious Reigne Edward III ii. sig. E2v Two sister-ships of æquall strength, of frame Alike they shew'd.] 1799 D. Lescallier Vocabulaire des Termes de Marine Anglois et François i. 154 Sister ships, vaisseaux de même construction, & absolument semblables. 1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 325/2 The ‘Vernon’, a sister ship.., made the voyage from Calcutta to Spithead..in 86 days. 1886 Engineering 12 Mar. The Edinburgh, a sister ship to the Colossus. 1966 N. Nicolson in Diaries & Lett. H. Nicolson (1966) 56 The airship, R.101, was contracted by the Government in 1925 as a sister-ship to R.100. 2003 Navy News Sept. 48/1 Chatham left the UK in mid-January, with the job of relieving sister ship HMS Cumberland. < as lemmas |
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