| 单词 | q-boat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasQ-boat Q-boat n. (also Q boat) [probably arbitrary (or perhaps < the initial letter of query), probably after slightly earlier use of P-boat for a patrol boat (perhaps compare also U-boat n.)] now historical an armed and camouflaged merchant vessel used as a decoy or to destroy submarines (chiefly in the First World War (1914–18)); cf. mystery ship n. at mystery n.1 Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > decoy-ship decoy ship1915 mystery ship1916 Q-boat1918 Q-ship1918 Q1920 1918 Army & Navy Gaz. 10 Aug. 501/1 Among the anti-submarine measures initiated and encouraged by Mr. Churchill and Lord Fisher were the ‘Q’ boats, the mystery attaching to which has now been dispelled by Sir Eric Geddes... The ‘Q’ boat may be briefly defined as a decoy. 1919 Boy's Own Paper July 457/1 These Q-boats were apparently innocent tramps and trawlers. 1976 R. Moore Dubai iv. 51 We're talking about making your dhow into a high-speed Q-boat. 2003 W. J. Mills Exploring Polar Frontiers I. 139/2 Charcot resumed his Arctic voyages after World War I, during which he had commanded two Q-boats hunting German submarines on behalf of the British navy. < as lemmas |
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