单词 | surface warship |
释义 | > as lemmassurface warship (c) Nautical. Designating craft which move on the surface of the water, as opposed to submarine vessels, as surface craft, surface ship, surface vessel, surface warship, etc. ΚΠ 1887 G. W. Hovgaard Submarine Boats iii. 71 The submarine vessel will be more difficult to drive through the water at low speeds than would be a corresponding surface vessel at the same speed. 1914 C. W. Domville-Fife Submarines, Mines & Torpedoes 10 The 1,500 surface warships engaged in this titanic struggle for the dominion of Europe. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 71 Attempts to lay mines by enemy surface-craft. 1982 A. Melville-Ross Trigger ii. 33 You don't have enough surface ships left for you to hoist your admiral's flag. 1999 Technol. & Culture 40 692 Similarly advanced surface craft..had less impact because they could not become invisible like the submarine. < as lemmas |
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