| 单词 | sister ship | 
| 释义 | > as lemmassister ship   sister ship  n. each of two or more ships built to the same design.It is likely that quot. 1635   is a poetic coinage rather than illustrating this sense. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > 			[noun]		 > vessel belonging to specific line > vessel having same owner sister ship1799 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > balloons and airships > 			[noun]		 > airship > other airship with same owner sister ship1966 1635    T. May Victorious Reigne Edward III  ii. sig. E2v  				Two sister-ships of æquall strength, of frame Alike they shew'd.]			 1799    D. Lescallier Vocabulaire des Termes de Marine Anglois et François  i. 154  				Sister ships, vaisseaux de même construction, & absolument semblables. 1840    Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 325/2  				The ‘Vernon’, a sister ship.., made the voyage from Calcutta to Spithead..in 86 days. 1886    Engineering 12 Mar.  				The Edinburgh, a sister ship to the Colossus. 1966    N. Nicolson in  Diaries & Lett. H. Nicolson 		(1966)	 56  				The airship, R.101, was contracted by the Government in 1925 as a sister-ship to R.100. 2003    Navy News Sept. 48/1  				Chatham left the UK in mid-January, with the job of relieving sister ship HMS Cumberland. < as lemmas  | 
	
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