mother shipn.²

Brit.

/ˈmʌðə ˌʃɪp/, U.S.

/ˈməðər ˌʃɪp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mother n.¹, ship n.¹

Etymology: < mother n.¹ + ship n.¹

1. A ship (subsequently also an aeroplane, spacecraft, etc.) escorting or having charge of a number of other, usually smaller, craft; one from which other craft are launched or controlled.Now frequently in science fiction contexts with reference to alien craft.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > convoy escort

wafter1484

convoyer1648

mother ship1890

escort1914

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > vessel acting as protection or base for others

parent ship1856

mother ship1890

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > [noun] > an aircraft or spacecraft > from which another is controlled or launched

mother ship1890

mother plane1936

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > torpedo boat > ship having charge of

mother ship1890

mother1907

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > [noun] > module or capsule > command module or mother ship

command module1962

command service module1969

mother ship1969

1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 June 2/1 In the case of the picket-boats, they should be entirely independent of a mother-ship.

1902 H. C. Fyfe et al. Submarine Warfare v. 108 A wire~less message..has been sent to the commander of the ‘mother ship’.

1909 Q. Rev. Oct. 575 Depôt ships for destroyers, mother-ships for submarines, and oil-supply vessels.

1922 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 17/2 Scouts were flown off lighters at sea against airships, and off the decks of battleships and ‘mother’ ships.

1938 Flight 8 Sept. 197/1 They [sc. engineers] designed for catapult launch from a mother ship;..they used diesel engines.

1946 A. C. Clarke in Astounding Sci.-Fiction May 40/1 Like Torkalee, his mission was to photograph and record, and to report progress to the mother ship.

1962 J. Tunstall Fishermen ii. 46 The fleet of catching vessels transfers its fish..to a mother ship, which processes and freezes the fish at sea.

1969 Observer 20 July 7/3 After it has docked with the mother ship the astronauts will spend four hours going over every inch of the LEM.

1990 Sky Mag. Apr. 51/2 Inflatable rubber boats..are already bobbing beside the mother ship.

2001 Daily Tel. 16 June (Television & Radio Suppl.) 3/1 Spielberg has had further thoughts, relegating the sequence in the mother-ship to out-takes but reinstating other minor scenes.

2. In extended use: anything performing a function analogous to that of a mother ship.

ΚΠ

1921 Life 27 Jan. 136/2 Aboard this mother-ship of all comic operas [sc. The Beggar's Opera], launched in 1728, we find the same funny cracks on marriage, lawyers and liaisons.

1967 Times Rev. Industry Apr. 48/3 Trailers, operating from the central plant and acting as ‘mother ships’ to the delivery vans, can replace the depots.

1998 Nation (N.Y.) 7 Sept. 28/2 We have more ads, more pages, a bigger news staff, no overseers from the mother ship and no sacred cows.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mother ship
释义	mother shipn.² Brit. /ˈmʌðə ˌʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈməðər ˌʃɪp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mother n.¹, ship n.¹ Etymology: < mother n.¹ + ship n.¹ 1. A ship (subsequently also an aeroplane, spacecraft, etc.) escorting or having charge of a number of other, usually smaller, craft; one from which other craft are launched or controlled.Now frequently in science fiction contexts with reference to alien craft. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > convoy escort wafter1484 convoyer1648 mother ship1890 escort1914 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > vessel acting as protection or base for others parent ship1856 mother ship1890 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > [noun] > an aircraft or spacecraft > from which another is controlled or launched mother ship1890 mother plane1936 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > torpedo boat > ship having charge of mother ship1890 mother1907 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > [noun] > module or capsule > command module or mother ship command module1962 command service module1969 mother ship1969 1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 June 2/1 In the case of the picket-boats, they should be entirely independent of a mother-ship. 1902 H. C. Fyfe et al. Submarine Warfare v. 108 A wire~less message..has been sent to the commander of the ‘mother ship’. 1909 Q. Rev. Oct. 575 Depôt ships for destroyers, mother-ships for submarines, and oil-supply vessels. 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 17/2 Scouts were flown off lighters at sea against airships, and off the decks of battleships and ‘mother’ ships. 1938 Flight 8 Sept. 197/1 They [sc. engineers] designed for catapult launch from a mother ship;..they used diesel engines. 1946 A. C. Clarke in Astounding Sci.-Fiction May 40/1 Like Torkalee, his mission was to photograph and record, and to report progress to the mother ship. 1962 J. Tunstall Fishermen ii. 46 The fleet of catching vessels transfers its fish..to a mother ship, which processes and freezes the fish at sea. 1969 Observer 20 July 7/3 After it has docked with the mother ship the astronauts will spend four hours going over every inch of the LEM. 1990 Sky Mag. Apr. 51/2 Inflatable rubber boats..are already bobbing beside the mother ship. 2001 Daily Tel. 16 June (Television & Radio Suppl.) 3/1 Spielberg has had further thoughts, relegating the sequence in the mother-ship to out-takes but reinstating other minor scenes. 2. In extended use: anything performing a function analogous to that of a mother ship. ΚΠ 1921 Life 27 Jan. 136/2 Aboard this mother-ship of all comic operas [sc. The Beggar's Opera], launched in 1728, we find the same funny cracks on marriage, lawyers and liaisons. 1967 Times Rev. Industry Apr. 48/3 Trailers, operating from the central plant and acting as ‘mother ships’ to the delivery vans, can replace the depots. 1998 Nation (N.Y.) 7 Sept. 28/2 We have more ads, more pages, a bigger news staff, no overseers from the mother ship and no sacred cows. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.²1890
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