| 单词 | high seas fleet |
| 释义 | > as lemmashigh seas fleet high seas fleet n. [partly (in spec. use) after German Hochseeflotte (see high sea fleet n.)] a fleet operating on the high seas; spec. (with capital initials) the battle fleet of the German Imperial Navy (now historical). ΚΠ 1893 North-Eastern Daily Gaz. 13 Dec. The American Company was restricted to 7,500 [seals], while the high seas fleet were free to take all that they could. 1906 Observer 4 Aug. 6/2 The Emperor's pilgrimage, at the head of the entire German High Seas Fleet, off Swinemünde. 1980 R. B. Wernham Making of Elizabethan Foreign Policy i. 13 John Hawkins..persuaded her to let him transform her navy from a coast-defence force into a high-seas fleet capable of operating at considerable distances from home. 2003 M. D. Karau Wielding Dagger iii. 47 This..would provide the High Seas Fleet with an opportunity to attack and destroy a large group of British warships. < as lemmas |
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