| 单词 | water mule |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater mule p. Designating a vehicle used to carry or transport water, as water boat, water tanker, water tender, water truck, etc., or an animal used for this purpose, as water donkey, water mule. See also water ship n. at Compounds 7. ΘΚΠ 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 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xxviii. 346 He built some Water Boats,..and, by these Boats furnished the Garison with good Water. 1847 Mechanics' Mag. 18 Sept. 268/2 It is an engine which requires no water tender. 1875 H. W. Baxley Spain II. xxii. 7 Market-donkeys, water-donkeys, coal-donkeys, and carrier-donkeys of every description of over-burthened misery. 1898 Daily News 3 May 8/3 The baggage and water animals. 1900 Daily News 17 Mar. 7/4 Indians, with their plucky and clever little water-mules, were ordered right up into the firing line. 1907 Munic. Jrnl. & Engineer 20 Nov. 577/1 Arrangement is made..to draw fresh water from a water boat when sea water would be objectionable. 1918 2nd Ann. Rep. U.S. Shipping Board 143 The War Transport Branch..has contracted for the following concrete ships: Fourteen 130-foot river boats, five 100-foot water tankers, and twelve 225-foot car floats. 1919 W. P. Sullivan & H. Tucker Hist. 105th Regiment Engineers xii. 240/2 Canvas tanks are constructed..about three miles behind the front line, and these tanks are filled by water lorries. 1958 P. Scott Mark of Warrior ii. 122 The water truck rendezvoused. Most of the chaps' bottles were empty. 1978 Dumfries Courier 13 Oct. 17/4 Two water tenders from Dumfries brought the blaze under control. 2004 Independent 18 Dec. 18/2 We have five water tankers behind us and they can only go 30 miles an hour. < as lemmas |
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