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单词 steamship
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steamship

noun

steam·​ship ˈstēm-ˌship How to pronounce steamship (audio)
: steamer sense 2a

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web That steamship, the Titanic, was conceived with a competitive ambition for size and opulence. Daniel Stone, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2022 The sisters, however, who traveled by steamship to Europe and then on to Egypt, preferred a British approach to architecture and landscaping. oregonlive, 20 July 2022 The first steamship with a screw propeller, the Archimedes, had been built in Britain in 1839. David G.w. Birch, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021 The director’s statement told us that this was Marcus Garvey’s Black Star Line steamship, now transformed into a spaceship that could take us anywhere or place. Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2022 The world’s largest luxury steamship struck an iceberg back in 1912 and subsequently sank 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 May 2022 It was rumored that Titanic was attempting to break the speed record of the rival Cunard’s steamship Mauretania. Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 14 Apr. 2022 But in 1886 a California horticulturalist named W.C. West obtained specimens through an intermediary, then falsely labeled them as licorice root and smuggled them onto a steamship. Jacob Roberts, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Feb. 2022 In episode four, for example, Ling explains the formation of Bangladesh, then meets with actor Alaudin Ullah, who shares how his father, a steamship worker, jumped ship to start a new life in New York as an undocumented immigrant. Bettina Makalintal, Bon Appétit, 28 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1790, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

steamship

noun

steam·​ship ˈstēm-ˌship How to pronounce steamship (audio)
: steamer sense 1

steamship

noun

as in steamer

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • freighter
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