| 单词 | rescue ship |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrescue ship rescue ship n. Navy a ship used in rescue; spec. a merchant vessel carrying blankets, medical supplies, etc., used to accompany a convoy during the Second World War (1939–45). ΚΠ 1852 S. Sidney Three Colonies Austral. v. 59 Lieutenant Flinders, after hearing that the rescue-ships were in sight, ‘calmly continued his calculations on lunar observations until they came to anchor’. 1912 Times 17 Apr. 9/7 Operators sat at their instruments throughout the night endeavouring to catch the flash of the rescue ship. 1941 Sun (Baltimore) 12 Aug. 17/2 Officials of the Cambridge Shipbuilders, Inc., today pushed plans for eight more rescue ships to be built for the quartermaster. 1988 D. A. Thomas Compan. Royal Navy iii. 281/1 One such convoy..comprised thirty-five merchantmen, three rescue ships. 2001 J. F. Turner Fight for Sea xi. 79 The rescue ship attached to this convoy was the Melrose Abbey. < as lemmas |
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