| 单词 | screen berth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscreen berth screen berth n. Nautical (now historical and rare) a shelter of canvas erected as a temporary covered sleeping place, typically on deck. ΚΠ 1836 F. Chamier Ben Brace xviii. 181 Tackle had been removed to the Isis about half an hour after I had left him the night previously, and I found him in a screen-berth on the starboard side of the main deck. 1868 W. Stables Med. Life in Navy vi. 42 I was to have a screen berth, or what a landsman would call a canvas tent, on the main or fighting deck, but as yet it was not rigged. 1906 E. Fraser Enemy at Trafalgar xvii. 225 I caused a canvas screen berth to be made for her, to hang outside the wardroom door. 1973 H. J. Chubb & C. L. D. Duckworth Irrawaddy Flotilla Company v. 46 Rollo of 1899 had a screen berth forward and no cabins at all, except the ticket office on lower deck. < as lemmas |
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