gunboat

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Navygunboatgun‧boat /ˈɡʌnbəʊt $ -boʊt/ noun [countable] 1 PMNa small ship that carries several large guns2 → gunboat diplomacyExamples from the Corpusgunboat• Perhaps it's something to do with being the only civil department still with the power to send in a gunboat.• So perhaps Britain was about to send a gunboat to shell the Perrier works after all?• The use of gunboats increased towards the end of the war.• As they neared James River and caught sight of our gunboats, a cheer went up from each regiment.• Business people no longer believed that gunboats and garrisons were vital for the protection and promotion of their activities.• Our stragglers, their courage revived by sight of the gunboats, came up the hill, seeking their regiments.

单词	gunboat
释义	gunboat From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Navygunboatgun‧boat /ˈɡʌnbəʊt $ -boʊt/ noun [countable] 1 PMNa small ship that carries several large guns2 → gunboat diplomacyExamples from the Corpusgunboat• Perhaps it's something to do with being the only civil department still with the power to send in a gunboat.• So perhaps Britain was about to send a gunboat to shell the Perrier works after all?• The use of gunboats increased towards the end of the war.• As they neared James River and caught sight of our gunboats, a cheer went up from each regiment.• Business people no longer believed that gunboats and garrisons were vital for the protection and promotion of their activities.• Our stragglers, their courage revived by sight of the gunboats, came up the hill, seeking their regiments.
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