| 释义 |
admiralad‧mi‧ral /ˈædmərəl/ noun [countable]   admiralOrigin: 1200-1300 Old French amiral, from Medieval Latin admirallus, from Arabic amir-al- ‘commander of the’ (as in amir-al-bahr ‘commander of the sea’) - None of the astronomers or admirals on the board had any knowledge about the Watch or what made it run so regularly.
- On the outbreak of the civil war the navy rallied to Parliament, which made Warwick its lord high admiral.
- Resignations, both of ministers and of admirals but not of the Chancellor, were threatened.
- The elderly admiral sighed and penned his name to yet another scrap of printed paper.
- The generals and admirals said they had always been against the blockade as being too weak and now they wanted immediate action.
- Until last summer, each naval station was a separate facility reporting to one of three admirals.
- Yet he could not doubt now, after what the admiral had told him.
► Navyable seaman, nounadmiral, nounahoy, interjectionarmada, nounbattle cruiser, nounbattleship, nounbroadside, nouncommodore, nouncruiser, noundepth charge, noundestroyer, nounensign, nounflagship, nounfleet admiral, nounflight deck, nounflight sergeant, noungunboat, nounlanding craft, nounman-of-war, nounmarine, adjectiveMarine, nounmariner, nounmaster, nounmaster-at-arms, nounmate, nounmidshipman, nounminesweeper, nounnaval, adjectivenavigator, nounperiscope, nounpetty officer, nounpocket battleship, nounquartermaster, nounrating, nounrear admiral, nounRN, seaman, nounsea power, nounsignalman, nounsub, nounsublieutenant, nounsubmarine, nounsubmariner, nounU-boat, nounvice-admiral, nounyeoman, noun ADJECTIVE► red· In common with several other species, the red admiral favours the stinging nettle as a place to lay its eggs.· Mungo noticed a red admiral caught in cobwebs on the window overlooking the green. a high rank in the British or US navy, or someone with this rank |