单词 | steam-packet |
释义 | > as lemmassteam-packet C5. With reference to locomotion by steam-power, and in names of vehicles and vessels propelled by steam, as steam barge, steam bus, steam-ferry, steam ferry-boat, steam-flat, steam-frigate, steam hopper (hopper n.1 6), steam-launch, steam lawn-mower, steam locomotion, steam locomotive, steam lorry, steam-navigation, steam-navy, steam-omnibus, steam-packet, steam railway, steam-ram, steam schooner, steam-train, steam-tram, steam-trawler, steam-trawling, steam-whaler, steam-yacht, etc. See also steam-car n., steam-carriage n., steam-tug n. at Compounds 7, etc., and the main-words steamboat n., etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > [noun] > by steam locomotion steam locomotion1812 the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > lawn-mower steam lawn-mower1812 grass cutter1834 grass mower1855 lawn-mower1875 grass trimmer1876 lawn-cutter1897 motor mower1907 power mower1913 lawn edger1960 Strimmer1978 society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > a railway > for steam-trains steam railway1812 steam-road1837 society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > locomotive > steam locomotive steam locomotive1812 steam-engine1815 steamer1837 Puffing Billy1848 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > dredger-hopper steam dredger1801 steam hopper1812 hopper-dredge1896 suction dredger1911 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > propelled by steam engine > steam ferry steam-ferry1812 steam ferry-boat1812 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > propelled by steam engine > other steam vessels steam dredger1801 steam barge1812 steam hopper1812 steam-launch1812 steam schooner1812 steam-yacht1812 steam-tug1835 pleasure steamer1839 tug-steamer1861 ditcher1877 alligator1884 turnabout1885 tank-steamer1889 whaleback1891 whalebacker1891 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 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > pleasure vessel > [noun] > yacht > types of yacht steam-yacht1812 skimmer1844 schooner-yacht1876 cruiser1879 keel1883 skimming-dish1884 cutter-yacht1885 bulb-keel1893 keel-boat1893 forty1894 half-rater1894 forty-tonner1895 one-designer1897 raceabout1897 forty-footer1902 sonder1907 star1911 tonnage-cheater1912 scow1929 tabloid1930 Yngling1969 maxi yacht1974 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > [noun] > steam-powered > steam lorry steam lorry1812 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [noun] > omnibus > steam-driven steam bus1812 steam-omnibus1812 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun] > barge > other types of barge coal barge1720 budgerow1727 water1727 brick barge1738 tent-barge1796 water barge1798 passage-barge1804 steam barge1812 schooner barge1819 tongkang1834 bumbarge1839 Tom Pudding1880 grain-barge1902 butty1923 support barge1967 reel barge1972 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [adjective] > propelled by steam steam1812 superheated1864 1812 in Mechanics' Mag. (1847) 46 21/1 Steam passage boat, The Comet, Between Glasgow, Greenock, and Helensburgh. 1814 Weekly Reg. (Baltimore) 128/2 The steam frigate Fulton the First was launched at New York October 31. 1819 (title) The Thanet Itinerary, or Steam-Yacht Companion. 1819 N.Y. Evening Post 4 Jan. 2/5 Steam sch[oone]r Ramapo, Reid, New Orleans. 1821 J. W. Croker Diary 29 Aug. Sailed in the steampacket, the wind quite against us. 1831 Jrnl. House of Commons 6 Sept. 86 827/2 The frequent calamities by Steam Navigation. 1834 J. B. Purcell Jrnl. 21 Mar. in Catholic Hist. Rev. (1919) V. 253 Mr. Mtgomery an hour & ½ in crossing the River in Steam-ferry boat. 1842 J. McDonogh Papers (1898) 65 The steam ferry which runs from one side of the river to the other lands a short distance below my house. 1849 E. C. Agnew Rome & Abbey v. 47 They entered the steam-train for Bruges. 1849 Jrnl. House of Commons 23 Feb. 104 87/2 The practicability of providing, by means of the Commercial Steam Marine of the Country, a reserve Steam Navy, available for the National Defence when required. 1860 Ann. Reg. 202 Our government were urged to adopt the scheme of steam-rams. 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour III. 186/1 He was..steward on board the Royal Hydaspes, a steam screw she is. 1866 Mitchell's Maritime Reg. 18 Aug. 1033/3 Messrs. C. and W. Earle launched from their yard a steam barge [named Lion] the first of its class built in Hull. 1869 Bradshaw's Railway Man. 21 34 A steam ferry across the river Severn. 1872 F. Trevithick Life Richard Trevithick II. xxi. 207 Cast-iron wheels were ordered with a view to steam locomotion in the Cordilleras. 1872 F. Trevithick Life Richard Trevithick II. xvii. 26 The high-pressure steam-puffer..moved.. towards the broken mass..and..changing its powers from steam-crane to steam-locomotive, conveyed it to the port. 1877 Encycl. Brit. VII. 464/2 The steam hoppers employed to receive and remove the dredgings carry about 500 tons of excavations. 1878 C. Schreiber Jrnl. 30 June (1911) II. 155 The Embassy steam launch met us. 1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 250/2 Steam trawling. 1884 J. Hatton in Harper's Mag. Feb. 344/2 The steam-launch is the snob of the Thames. 1890 G. Meredith Let. 14 Apr. (1970) II. 997 I am promised a steam-yacht to take me up at Oban. 1892 Speaker 3 Sept. 289/2 The high road, with its shrieking steam-tram. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 25 Oct. 6/3 The steamer Germanic was run into last night in the Mersey by a steam hopper. 1902 H. C. Moore Omnibuses & Cabs i. iv. 38 The first real steam omnibuses, the ‘Era’ and ‘Autopsy’, were invented by Walter Hancock, of Stratford, and placed on the London roads in 1833. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 845/1 This was the pioneer of the steam-trade along the western coast of South America. 1915 Naut. Gaz. 31 Mar. 4/1 The Panama Canal has brought us the steam schooner and other Pacific curiosities. 1916 Law Rep.: King's Bench Div. 1 148 The defendants, who were brewers, used a steam lorry weighing five tons for the purpose of delivering beer from their premises to various public-houses served by them. 1923 Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 681/1 In the harbour..there were lying odd craft... The one romance of life for these steam-hoppers..had been quenched. 1928 J. Mason Before Mast in Sailing Ships 174 He was picked up by a steam barge which happened to be passing. 1933 V. Sommerfield London's Buses 5 (caption) Three of Hancock's Steam Buses, 1832 to 1836. 1946 G. Foreman Last Trek of Indians 116 A steam ferryboat was in service. 1946 Noble & Junner Vital to Life of Nation vi. 88 Sumner..began experimenting in the design of a steam wagon in 1889, a year or two later producing a steam lawn mower. 1946 Noble & Junner Vital to Life of Nation vi. 96 (caption) A London steam omnibus of 1902. 1958 Listener 11 Sept. 379/2 He was knocked down and killed by a steam lorry. 1965 D. Arundell Story of Sadler's Wells xi. 144 Mrs. Warner and Phelps were shown arriving..in a first-class steam-railway carriage. 1970 F. McKenna Gloss. Railwaymen's Talk 1 Most steam locomotive depots in England are embedded in the older parts of our towns and cities. 1971 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 6 Nov. 86/3 The purpose of the California steam-bus project is to demonstrate how effectively city buses can operate at low levels of exhaust emission. 1977 D. Jack Leyland Bus i. 11 The back-bone of the business was production of steam lawn-mowers selling with 30-inch roller at £85 each. 1977 H. Fast Immigrants i. 72 I got two steam schooners, wooden ships, six hundred tons each. 1980 Times 25 June 4/2 The inaugural voyage of the National Trust's restored 1859 steam yacht the Gondola took place on Coniston Water yesterday. < as lemmas |
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