单词 | seacat |
释义 | SeaCatn.2 A seagoing catamaran; (in later use) spec. a type of large, high-speed, motorized catamaran, used esp. as a passenger and car ferry on short sea crossings.A proprietary name in the United States. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > [noun] > ferry > types of toni1582 horse-boat1591 bac1676 ferry bridge1696 rope-ferry1755 pont1776 ferry flat1805 steam-ferry1812 steam ferry-boat1812 night boat1839 bar-boat1857 train ferry-boat1867 car ferry1884 grind1889 swinging-bridge1892 train ferry1900 night ferry1948 SeaCat1954 walla-walla1957 1954 People & Places Sept. 7 (caption) Details of catamaran construction are clearly visible as Warren Gale and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gilbert push their boat out to meet a wave. Mrs. Gilbert didn't quite manage to climb aboard before the ‘sea cat’ was on its way. 1989 Oilman (Nexis) Aug. 223 The first German shipping line, AG Ems, put a high-speed Seacat-type catamaran into service in April 1989. 1994 D. Porter Frommer's Comprehensive Trav. Guide Portugal '94-5 ii. 53 Traveling by SeaCat..cuts your journey time from the U.K. to the continent. 1995 Observer 23 Apr. 11/1 The super seacat has no bow doors. 2003 Daily Mail (Nexis) 3 Mar. 38 Taking you to Belfast in just two and-a-half hours, the Seacat service from Troon has two daily crossings. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see alsoalso refers to : sea-catn.1 > as lemmassea-cat sea-cat n. the Wolf-fish.extracted from catn.1< n.21954 see also as lemmas |
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