| 释义 |
LASH, Lash, lash, n.3|læʃ|
The initials of lighter aboard ship, used, freq. attrib., to denote a ship, or system of shipping, in which loaded barges are placed directly on board the ship.
1965Maritime Reporter 1 Nov. 21 (Advt.), The LASH System combines an ultra-simple, fast, automated ship with a large number of low-cost lighters. 1967Economist 7 Jan. 51/2 This is the LASH shipping system (Lighter Aboard Ship Inc.) which both the Americans and Germans are now building. A LASH ship is designed to pick up and carry 250-ton lighters, which are towed to and from the ship regardless of tides or port labour schedules. 1969Jane's Freight Containers 1968–69 378/2 No container ships, but 5 Lash vessels..are under construction. 1970Times 12 Aug. 18 Shipowners also hastened the introduction of..lash vessels in which laden barges are floated directly into a large hull. |