| 单词 | receiving ship |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreceiving ship receiving ship n. Navy (now historical) a ship moored in a naval port for the accommodation of sailors (esp. new recruits) waiting to go to sea. ΚΠ 1786 Treble Almanack 112/2 Ships... Chichester... Station... Plymouth—receiving Ship. 1798 Times 6 Sept. 3/4 A number of useful hands were procured, and sent on board the Enterprize receiving ship at the Tower, from whence they are to be immediately conveyed to the Guardship at the Nore. 1830 F. Marryat King's Own II. xx. 311 A guard-ship is a receiving-ship for officers and men, until they are enabled to join..their..ships. 1901 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 3 Nov. 2/3 A third class ensign on the receiving ship Columbia lying at the New York Navy Yard. 1995 Burlington Mag. Sept. 663/2 By 1812 [HMS Temeraire] was decommissioned, serving until 1838 as a prison ship in Plymouth Harbour and as a victualling and receiving ship off Sheerness. < as lemmas |
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