| 单词 | fire raft |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfire raft fire raft n. now historical a raft used as a waterborne incendiary; a fire float. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > fireship fire vessela1382 palander1524 fire boata1615 fireship1626 mine shipc1643 machine-vessel1694 fire raft1759 catamaran1804 fire-coffer1804 fire-junk1822 volcano-ship1860 1759 London Chron. 13 Oct. 366/2 They sent down a fire-raft of four or five hundred feet long; but it did no hurt, being towed by our boats clear of our shipping. 1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. i. 52 To..destroy any armed boats or fire-rafts they might meet with. 1969 F. B. Woodford & A. M. Woodford All our Yesterdays iii. 63 He floated blazing fire rafts down the river, but the schooners eluded them. 2003 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 13 Apr. l4 The principal weapons of the navy were 13 galleys with rowers, each with a single cannon; fire rafts; and two floating batteries that carried 10 cannons each. < as lemmas |
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