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单词 sternwheeler
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Definition of sternwheeler in English:

sternwheeler

nounˈstəːnwiːləˈstərnˌ(h)wēlər
  • A steamer propelled by a paddle wheel positioned at the stern.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Steaming upriver into the Columbia's great, verdant gorge, large sternwheelers brought passengers and profits to steamboat companies.
    • To attract a younger clientele, the sternwheeler will make repeating three- and four-day Mississippi River cruises combined with a New Orleans hotel and activities package.
    • Donning them triggers a kind of time slip, and we suddenly find ourselves falling back to the Dawson of yore, caught up in the excitement of a sternwheeler's arrival.
    • The city was a scenic, lush rush of green, as seen from river level, topped with the sparkling lights of downtown as the sternwheeler paddled up to Rossdale under a light drizzle.
    • Parked in the Sacramento River is the sternwheeler Delta King, twin of the Mississippi's Delta Queen.
 
 

Definition of sternwheeler in US English:

sternwheeler

nounˈstərnˌ(h)wēlər
  • A steamer propelled by a paddle wheel positioned at the stern.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Parked in the Sacramento River is the sternwheeler Delta King, twin of the Mississippi's Delta Queen.
    • Steaming upriver into the Columbia's great, verdant gorge, large sternwheelers brought passengers and profits to steamboat companies.
    • To attract a younger clientele, the sternwheeler will make repeating three- and four-day Mississippi River cruises combined with a New Orleans hotel and activities package.
    • The city was a scenic, lush rush of green, as seen from river level, topped with the sparkling lights of downtown as the sternwheeler paddled up to Rossdale under a light drizzle.
    • Donning them triggers a kind of time slip, and we suddenly find ourselves falling back to the Dawson of yore, caught up in the excitement of a sternwheeler's arrival.
 
 
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