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单词 spyship
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spyshipn.

Etymology: < spy n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspyship.
The office or occupation of a spy.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [noun] > a secret observer, spy > office of
spyship1779
1779 J. Warner in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) IV. 43 So, sir, there is an end of my affair and my spyship, for I do not think I can have anything else to say to you about it.
a1854 Ld. Cockburn Memorials (1856) v. 327 The inconvenient fact of his having received considerable sums..from Government—not for his spyship.
1865 Athenæum No. 1956. 554/2 Personal spyship on the part of Jonson.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

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spy-ship
spy-ship n. = spy-boat n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [noun] > craft used for spying
spy-ship1858
spy in the sky1960
spy plane1960
spy satellite1960
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > look-out or reconnaissance vessel
spy-boat1637
guard-ship1689
station ship1693
scout-ship1694
guard-boat1696
scout1706
lookout1761
lookout ship1762
watch-boat1789
patrol boat1854
spy-ship1858
picket boat1861
picket launch1864
scout vessel1869
vedette boat1884
picket ship1898
coastal1912
P boat1917
spotter1931
radar picket1945
1858 tr. Life of Xavier 188 The spy-ships which he had sent..to ascertain the fate of the contest between the Acheens and Portuguese.
1962 Daily Tel. 13 June 1/4 (heading) Fourth Soviet spyship watching U.S. tests.
1977 C. Forbes Avalanche Express xxiii. 242 The 17,000-ton Soviet freighter..the new pride of Soviet..spy ships.
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