| 单词 | hell-ship |
| 释义 | > as lemmashell-ship hell-ship n. now historical a ship on which living conditions are extremely unpleasant or one with a reputation for cruelty and tyranny among the crew; a floating ‘hell’; cf. hell afloat n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > vessel on which conditions are bad hell afloat1826 hell-ship1895 hard case1920 1884 Delta (Pa.) Herald 25 Jan. She was accursed..by the name of ‘L. Schepp.’.. So unless I bribed my crew with plum duff and stewed chicken every day, I should expect to be known as the captain of the hell-ship.] 1895 Boston Globe 15 Sept. 20/4 American foreign-going ships are..known among seamen of all nations as 'floating slaughter houses', 'hell-ships', 'blood-packets'..etc. 1934 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Oct. 713/2 The Dovenby Hall, a notorious hell-ship in her day. 2000 A. J. Levine Captivity, Flight & Survival in World War II. 166 Probably the worst hell ship of all was the Oryokku Maru,..carrying 1,619 men jammed so tightly that they could not fall down. < as lemmas |
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