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单词 PT boat
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Definition of PT boat in English:

PT boat

nounpiːˈtiːbəʊtpiːˈtiːbəʊt
US
  • A motor torpedo boat used by the military.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Serving in small plywood craft much like the more famous American PT boats, the Coastal Forces wreaked havoc with Axis forces in British and foreign waters.
    • Looking like larger versions of the American PT boats that cruised the South Seas in the Second World War, Singapore's patrol craft guard the trade on which the island-state's prosperity depends.
    • For the wooden PT boat, with its relatively large and unprotected fuel tanks, the result was predictable.
    • Though the PT boat's trio of 1500 horsepower Higgins engines were well past their prime, the Legless Lilly managed a respectable cruising speed of twenty knots.
    • Along the edges of the convoys sailed a variety of ships: graceful sloops, chunky corvettes, slim gunboats like the Dutch Soemba, antisubmarine patrol craft, fast PT boats, and everywhere sleek destroyers.

Origin

1940s: from P(atrol) T(orpedo) boat..

 
 

Definition of PT boat in US English:

PT boat

nounpiːˈtiːbəʊt
US
  • A motorboat equipped with torpedoes and used by the military, especially during World War II.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For the wooden PT boat, with its relatively large and unprotected fuel tanks, the result was predictable.
    • Along the edges of the convoys sailed a variety of ships: graceful sloops, chunky corvettes, slim gunboats like the Dutch Soemba, antisubmarine patrol craft, fast PT boats, and everywhere sleek destroyers.
    • Serving in small plywood craft much like the more famous American PT boats, the Coastal Forces wreaked havoc with Axis forces in British and foreign waters.
    • Though the PT boat's trio of 1500 horsepower Higgins engines were well past their prime, the Legless Lilly managed a respectable cruising speed of twenty knots.
    • Looking like larger versions of the American PT boats that cruised the South Seas in the Second World War, Singapore's patrol craft guard the trade on which the island-state's prosperity depends.

Origin

1940s: from P(atrol) T(orpedo) boat.

 
 
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