单词 | mid-deck |
释义 | > as lemmasmid-deck mid-deck n. (a) = middle deck n. at middle adj. and n. Compounds 1a; (also) the middle deck of a spaceship; (b) (in an oil tanker) a horizontal partition which divides a tank as a precaution against spillage. ΚΠ 1851 New Monthly Mag. Dec. 445 The berths..were the interior of the boat warped up on the mid-deck. 1896 Catholic World July 542 She was a scooped-out-looking sort of ship, whose mid-deck line lay very close to the water's edge. 1976 Aviation Week 8 Nov. 127/2 When a four-member crew is flown—a commander, pilot and the mission of payload specialists—the latter two will have seats behind the pilots. Additional payload specialists will have seats on the mid-deck. 1982 N.Y. Times 14 Nov. i. 38/3 Then they will enter an airlock in the mid-deck compartment. 1992 New Scientist 14 Mar. 40/1 Any new supertanker must have either a double hull, a type of design known as mid-deck (with a horizontal division of oil tanks) or any other design which is as effective at reducing oil spills. 1993 Pop. Sci. June 28/2 The International Maritime Organization recently concluded that a mid-deck (or H-deck) design offers as much protection as a double hull. < as lemmas |
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