英语词汇“watertight compartment”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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watertight compartment

watertight compartment n. a waterproof space or container; esp. each of the compartments, with watertight partitions, into which the interior of a large ship is now usually divided for safety; also figurative.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > bottom or part under water > [noun] > hold > watertight compartment

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1800 Patent in Repertory Arts & Manufactures (1801) 14 369 The wheels..may be fixed in narrow water-tight compartments, or boxes.

1827 Kaleidoscope 18 Dec. 193/2 The plan of dividing ships into separate water-tight compartments has been in use amongst the Chinese for centuries.

1902 J. Smith Integr. Script. vi. 209 That faith in the Bible..must be kept in a water-tight compartment, jealously excluded from the least contact with criticism.

2004 B. Bunch & A. Hellemans Hist. Sci. & Technol. 135/2 The Chinese ship called the junk has..a hold divided into watertight compartments.

extracted from watertightadj.n.

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单词	watertight compartment
释义	> as lemmas watertight compartment watertight compartment n. a waterproof space or container; esp. each of the compartments, with watertight partitions, into which the interior of a large ship is now usually divided for safety; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > bottom or part under water > [noun] > hold > watertight compartment watertight compartment1800 compartment1866 1800 Patent in Repertory Arts & Manufactures (1801) 14 369 The wheels..may be fixed in narrow water-tight compartments, or boxes. 1827 Kaleidoscope 18 Dec. 193/2 The plan of dividing ships into separate water-tight compartments has been in use amongst the Chinese for centuries. 1902 J. Smith Integr. Script. vi. 209 That faith in the Bible..must be kept in a water-tight compartment, jealously excluded from the least contact with criticism. 2004 B. Bunch & A. Hellemans Hist. Sci. & Technol. 135/2 The Chinese ship called the junk has..a hold divided into watertight compartments. extracted from watertightadj.n. < as lemmas
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