单词 | navy |
释义 | navy (neɪvi ) Word forms: navies 1. countable noun B2 A country's navy consists of the people it employs to fight at sea, and the ships they use. The government announced an order for three frigates for the Royal Navy yesterday. Her own son was also in the Navy. ...a United States navy ship. Synonyms: fleet, warships, flotilla, armada 2. colour B2 Something that is navy or navy-blue is very dark blue. I mostly wore black or navy trousers. ...a navy-blue blazer. Collocations: join the navy I left school in the spring of 1958 to join the navy as an officer cadet. Times, Sunday Times We're going to try one more album and then all join the navy, do honest work, hinting at a possible split or hiatus. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He joined the navy in 1955 as a radio operator, serving on an aircraft carrier, where he was awarded top secret cryptographic security clearance. Times, Sunday Times He joined the navy in 1949 as an engineering cadet and passed out top of his entry. Times,Sunday Times She joined the navy six years ago. Times, Sunday Times Merchant navy officer, seismologist, naval historian, author. Times,Sunday Times He proved more liberal than might have been expected of a former navy officer. Times, Sunday Times The former navy officer was taken to a police station to be fingerprinted before posting bail. Times, Sunday Times Navy officer rank insignia are gold stripes worn on the lower sleeve. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 My uncle was a merchant navy officer on a petrol tanker, and a real cycling fan. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some exhibits are interactive, including a coinoperated remote-controlled boat — overloaded with model immigrants and being pursued by a navy patrol craft. The Sun Navy patrol crafts and other vessels in the area managed to break of the attack. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Western navies patrol it to ensure their safe passage. Times, Sunday Times Even today there are fears that the level of drinking among navy personnel could be having an adverse effect on military readiness. Times, Sunday Times Navy personnel and base workers have as many problems getting out as getting in. Times, Sunday Times In the new year's honours list, unfortunately there were no navy personnel on the list for the order. Times, Sunday Times They were found after a three-day search involving 100 people in boats and helicopters, including police, navy personnel and diving instructors. Times, Sunday Times There were other cases of improper behaviour with the 147-strong team, comprising 127 contractors, 12 navy personnel and eight civil servants. Times, Sunday Times In the tiny part of the embassy that's been given over to him he faces 'all the restraints, the difficulties, that people would have, say, on a navy ship'. Times, Sunday Times Compartments of the navy ship where sailors were sleeping were flooded. Times, Sunday Times The base also has a modern converter system to supply the substantial power even a berthed navy ship requires. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She had a brief career as an active navy ship. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This was the first time a navy ship had been named in honor of a president. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Perhaps, no politician wears the navy suit better. Chicago Sun-Times But also, weirdly, a navy suit, which made him look like he had turned up to the wrong party. Times, Sunday Times Primarily in business, the most conspicuously qualified person will be a bloke in his mid-50s, with a financial background - and he's probably wearing a navy suit. Times, Sunday Times There was so much dandruff and loose hair on his navy suit that someone said he looked as if he'd had a fight with a cat. Times,Sunday Times He wore a navy suit, blue shirt and a red tie. The Sun A navy vessel and two small navy motorboats were believed to be involved in the rescue operation, which continued overnight. Times, Sunday Times He was rescued later, after the storm, by a navy vessel. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Navy vessels carried out 4,084 hours of patrols in 2016-17, down from 16,200 in 2010-11. Times, Sunday Times Studies have shown that wealth was split more equally on 18th-century pirate ships (which had written constitutions) than on the merchant navy vessels they were raiding. Times, Sunday Times It will include a bicycle path, and possibly also a small bridge under which navy vessels will pass on their way to the sea. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It consisted of an infantry, a cavalry, an elephant corps and a powerful navy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The once powerful navy was reduced to a pitiful state. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He also built a powerful navy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 海军, 深蓝色 Japanese: 海軍, 濃紺の |
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