英语词汇“admiralships”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

admiralships

释义

admiral /adˈm(ə-)rəl/

noun

The chief commander of a navy
A naval officer ranking with a general in the army (admiral of the fleet ranking with field marshal)
An admiral's flagship
The chief ship in a fleet of merchant ships or fishing-boats
A cone shell
A butterfly of certain kinds (see red¹and white)

ORIGIN: OFr a(d)miral, from Ar amīr-al-bahr a lord of the sea, confused with L admīrābilis (see admire)

adˈmiralship noun

The office or art of an admiral

Lord High Admiral

An office dating from the 15c, William IV (when Duke of Clarence) being the last holder until the office was taken over by Elizabeth II in 1964

the Adˈmiralty or the Admiralty Board

The board administering the Royal Navy (since 1964 under the British Ministry of Defence)
The building where it transacts business

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