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单词 minelayer
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Definition of minelayer in English:

minelayer

noun ˈmʌɪnleɪəˈmaɪnˌleɪər
  • A warship, aircraft, or land vehicle from which explosive mines are laid.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • M3 was converted into a minelayer and later scrapped in the 1930s.
    • It's true that it all gets very silty when a few divers descend on the Port Napier, and it can be dangerous if penetrated, but there really is no need to enter this impressive minelayer, as it is beautiful viewed from a distance.
    • In completely blacked-out underwater conditions, two divers conducted a tactile search to locate a sunken Iraqi minelayer with her deadly load.
    • The Taiwanese navy could acquire new fleets of the most advanced diesel/electric submarines, minesweepers and minelayers and waves of high-speed torpedo boats.
    • In the first attack, they were able to destroy a Rage minelayer, the four defense satellites, and an orbital shipyard.
    • Navy Romanian naval forces in the Black Sea consisted of four Italian-built destroyers, four torpedo boats, three submarines, three minelayers, one submarine depot ship, three gunboats, and one training ship.
    • The ship was converted for use as a minelayer before the outbreak of World War II and took part in the King's Review of the Fleet at Weymouth in August 1939.
    • Afterwards, she was converted to a minelayer with 80 standard mines; but catching a trim on diving was dodgy while the huge mine-casing slowly flooded.
    • Rapid ditching machines; artillery, rocket, and air-delivered mines; and ground minelayers are available on world markets.
    • These points can then be used to call in air strikes, recon helicopters, fixed artillery, minelayers, sensor probes, and the two very handy ones, repair trucks and salvage craft.
    • U.S. losses included 2,403 killed and 1,178 wounded as well as 187 aircraft, 8 battleships, 3 cruisers, 3 destroyers, 2 auxiliary craft, a minelayer, and a target ship.
    • At Glory, the first Remorhaz minelayer was launched, the RSS Eos.
    • ‘During an operation, one of the mines became dislodged and another diver was pinned between the mine and the hull of the minelayer,’ the citation continued.
    • Six minelayers were equally effective as torpedo boats.
    • Using two barges, The Wimbrown VII and the Hercules as their operating Bases, SEALs patrolled the sea searching for minelayers thought to be illegally mining the local waters.
    • The Pinsk Military Flotilla had 31 launches, seven monitors, a minelayer, four gunboats, an air squadron of 10 planes, an antiaircraft artillery battalion of 18 guns and a marine infantry platoon.
    • He had arrived on Malta in June 1942 as a 21-year-old aboard the fast minelayer HMS Welshman, having taken up a commission in the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.
    • The first ships hit were the cruisers USS Helena and USS Raleigh, the battleships USS Oklahoma and USS Utah, and the minelayer USS Olgala.
    • A minelayer and ex-battleship were sunk and three destroyers were wrecked in dry-dock.
    • Police said she surfaced ‘in distress’ from the 40-metre dive to explore the wreck of the Second World War minelayer Cotavia.

Derivatives

  • minelaying

  • noun ˈmʌɪnleɪŋˈmaɪnˌleɪɪŋ
    • Kolchak abandoned defensive minelaying in favour of offensive.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A key role in this warfare is assigned to remote minelaying and remotely controlled minefields.
      • The air force still retains a commitment to support naval operations by minelaying.
      • The ship structure is able to meet all minewarfare roles, including surveillance, minelaying, minehunting and minesweeping.
      • The main roles of the corvettes will be in patrol and surveillance, minelaying, interception and other anti-surface warfare operations in the United Arab Emirate's territorial waters and exclusive economic zone.
 
 

Definition of minelayer in US English:

minelayer

nounˈmīnˌlāərˈmaɪnˌleɪər
  • A warship, aircraft, or land vehicle from which explosive mines are laid.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Navy Romanian naval forces in the Black Sea consisted of four Italian-built destroyers, four torpedo boats, three submarines, three minelayers, one submarine depot ship, three gunboats, and one training ship.
    • A minelayer and ex-battleship were sunk and three destroyers were wrecked in dry-dock.
    • In completely blacked-out underwater conditions, two divers conducted a tactile search to locate a sunken Iraqi minelayer with her deadly load.
    • The Pinsk Military Flotilla had 31 launches, seven monitors, a minelayer, four gunboats, an air squadron of 10 planes, an antiaircraft artillery battalion of 18 guns and a marine infantry platoon.
    • M3 was converted into a minelayer and later scrapped in the 1930s.
    • Afterwards, she was converted to a minelayer with 80 standard mines; but catching a trim on diving was dodgy while the huge mine-casing slowly flooded.
    • The Taiwanese navy could acquire new fleets of the most advanced diesel/electric submarines, minesweepers and minelayers and waves of high-speed torpedo boats.
    • Using two barges, The Wimbrown VII and the Hercules as their operating Bases, SEALs patrolled the sea searching for minelayers thought to be illegally mining the local waters.
    • Rapid ditching machines; artillery, rocket, and air-delivered mines; and ground minelayers are available on world markets.
    • The first ships hit were the cruisers USS Helena and USS Raleigh, the battleships USS Oklahoma and USS Utah, and the minelayer USS Olgala.
    • The ship was converted for use as a minelayer before the outbreak of World War II and took part in the King's Review of the Fleet at Weymouth in August 1939.
    • These points can then be used to call in air strikes, recon helicopters, fixed artillery, minelayers, sensor probes, and the two very handy ones, repair trucks and salvage craft.
    • It's true that it all gets very silty when a few divers descend on the Port Napier, and it can be dangerous if penetrated, but there really is no need to enter this impressive minelayer, as it is beautiful viewed from a distance.
    • Police said she surfaced ‘in distress’ from the 40-metre dive to explore the wreck of the Second World War minelayer Cotavia.
    • At Glory, the first Remorhaz minelayer was launched, the RSS Eos.
    • In the first attack, they were able to destroy a Rage minelayer, the four defense satellites, and an orbital shipyard.
    • U.S. losses included 2,403 killed and 1,178 wounded as well as 187 aircraft, 8 battleships, 3 cruisers, 3 destroyers, 2 auxiliary craft, a minelayer, and a target ship.
    • He had arrived on Malta in June 1942 as a 21-year-old aboard the fast minelayer HMS Welshman, having taken up a commission in the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.
    • Six minelayers were equally effective as torpedo boats.
    • ‘During an operation, one of the mines became dislodged and another diver was pinned between the mine and the hull of the minelayer,’ the citation continued.
 
 
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