| 单词 | watertight compartment |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswatertight 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. < as lemmas |
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