| 单词 | hunter-killer |
| 释义 | > as lemmashunter-killer hunter-killer adj. designating a naval vessel or group of vessels equipped to locate and destroy enemy vessels, esp. submarines. Also as n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [adjective] > other types of war vessel bastard1578 pre-Dreadnought1908 pocket1929 hunter-killer1948 1948 Proc. U.S. Naval Inst. 74 505/2 The other two will be classified as ‘hunter-killers’—destroyers with the prime purpose of tracking down submarines, instead of operating on convoy duty. 1950 Jane's Fighting Ships 1950–51 7 A new anti-submarine type of light cruiser, known as a hunter-killer ship, will be completed in 1951. 1957 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Dec. 771/3 The escort carrier Guadalcanal and her ‘hunter-killer’ group of four escort destroyers. 1962 Daily Tel. 10 Dec. 18/4 Britain's first nuclear hunter-killer submarine, is expected to leave the..yard of her builders,..on Wednesday or Thursday for sea-trials. 1972 Sci. Amer. July 16/3 A hunter-killer submarine is large enough to carry an array of hydrophones to produce a narrow listening beam for long-range detection. < as lemmas |
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