| 单词 | to go, travel steerage |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go, travel steerage 5. The part of a passenger ship allotted to those passengers who travel at the cheapest rate. Also quasi-adverbial in to go, travel steerage.The steerage is now usually in the bow and on a lower deck. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > room, locker, or quarters > [noun] > cabin > types of on passenger ship > part of ship for which fare is lowest steerage1804 1804 W. Irving Life & Lett. (1864) I. 94 They sleep in the steerage, and leave the cabin to myself. 1816 R. Buchanan Propelling Vessels by Steam 24 Before the engine is the steerage or second cabin. 1822 J. Flint Lett. from Amer. 287 There were twelve cabin passengers..and about an equal number of persons in the steerage. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xvii. 219 It being necessary for me to observe strict economy, I took my passage in the steerage. 1892 E. Reeves Homeward Bound 124 In the steerage we are told the thermometer reaches 109° in the shade. In our saloon 90° to 100° is the highest. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 20 June 4/2 He travelled steerage with a ship of emigrants. < as lemmas |
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