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单词 E-boat
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Definition of E-boat in English:

E-boat

noun ˈiːbəʊtˈiboʊt
  • A German torpedo boat used in the Second World War.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Here they ran into five German E-boats of the 5th Torpedo Boat Flotilla based at Cherbourg.
    • One exercise was started there on 27 April 1944 and an inadequately escorted convoy, bringing a second wave of troops to the beach, was attacked overnight by nine German E-boats.
    • The vessel was strafed by a daring German E-boat while undergoing training and never got to drop GIs on the beaches at Normandy.
    • Between them the Captains destroyed possibly as many as 38 German submarines, three midget submarines and more than 30 E-boats - a score which surpassed any other class.
    • Two German destroyers and two E-boats had passed less than a mile from his boats.
    • The German 5th Flotilla of E-boats, based at Le Havre, was a crack outfit.
    • Opening in early 1944, the drama includes a reconstruction of Operation Tiger, a trial-run exercise that resulted in a flotilla of young American soldiers being attacked by German E-boats, and shows the tragic setbacks that occurred.
    • After surviving three days of relentless air attacks, a fast-moving Italian E-boat torpedoed the cruiser at night, hitting the aft engine.
    • A cluster of German E-boats, similar to American PT boats, happened upon Convoy T - 4 while on patrol from Cherbourg, France.
    • That night some German E-boats got into the formation and sank two ships and killed between 700 and 800 men.
    • As the exhausted and injured men slept below decks the ship was struck amidships by a torpedo from a German E-boat and she broke in two, sinking in just 15 seconds.
    • None too soon, from 1910, the flotilla was joined by diesel-driven D-boats, with safe and economical oil fuel, external ballast tanks and more internal space, and in 1913 came the first of 56 versatile 800-ton E-boats.
    • They have coastal batteries and minefields; they have bombers and E-boats and submarines.
    • As a member of the Coastal Forces, the young Mr Walsh manned motor torpedo boats and motor launches, sent out to intercept the Reich's E-boats as they attacked British convoys in the English Channel.
    • About 600 German and Italian aircraft lay in wait for them, with submarines, E-boats, cruisers and destroyers.

Origin

From E- for enemy + boat.

 
 

Definition of E-boat in US English:

E-boat

nounˈiboʊtˈēbōt
  • A German torpedo boat used in World War II.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • None too soon, from 1910, the flotilla was joined by diesel-driven D-boats, with safe and economical oil fuel, external ballast tanks and more internal space, and in 1913 came the first of 56 versatile 800-ton E-boats.
    • Opening in early 1944, the drama includes a reconstruction of Operation Tiger, a trial-run exercise that resulted in a flotilla of young American soldiers being attacked by German E-boats, and shows the tragic setbacks that occurred.
    • About 600 German and Italian aircraft lay in wait for them, with submarines, E-boats, cruisers and destroyers.
    • As the exhausted and injured men slept below decks the ship was struck amidships by a torpedo from a German E-boat and she broke in two, sinking in just 15 seconds.
    • They have coastal batteries and minefields; they have bombers and E-boats and submarines.
    • Here they ran into five German E-boats of the 5th Torpedo Boat Flotilla based at Cherbourg.
    • The vessel was strafed by a daring German E-boat while undergoing training and never got to drop GIs on the beaches at Normandy.
    • Between them the Captains destroyed possibly as many as 38 German submarines, three midget submarines and more than 30 E-boats - a score which surpassed any other class.
    • After surviving three days of relentless air attacks, a fast-moving Italian E-boat torpedoed the cruiser at night, hitting the aft engine.
    • As a member of the Coastal Forces, the young Mr Walsh manned motor torpedo boats and motor launches, sent out to intercept the Reich's E-boats as they attacked British convoys in the English Channel.
    • Two German destroyers and two E-boats had passed less than a mile from his boats.
    • A cluster of German E-boats, similar to American PT boats, happened upon Convoy T - 4 while on patrol from Cherbourg, France.
    • The German 5th Flotilla of E-boats, based at Le Havre, was a crack outfit.
    • That night some German E-boats got into the formation and sank two ships and killed between 700 and 800 men.
    • One exercise was started there on 27 April 1944 and an inadequately escorted convoy, bringing a second wave of troops to the beach, was attacked overnight by nine German E-boats.

Origin

From E- for enemy + boat.

 
 
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