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单词 steerage
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steerage

noun

steer·​age ˈstir-ij How to pronounce steerage (audio)
1
: the act or practice of steering
broadly : direction
2
[from its originally being located near the rudder] : a section of inferior accommodations in a passenger ship for passengers paying the lowest fares

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Most comrades sprawl shoeless, many dozing open-mouthed in the permanent state of steerage that is Soviet air travel. New York Times, 11 July 2022 Alfred Stieglitz and Jacob Riis composed subjects with a spare, Modernist look in mind, but immigrants in steerage or children in factories were the stuff of real life. Brian T. Allen, National Review, 12 Feb. 2022 With $3 in his pocket, Sidney traveled steerage on a mail-cargo ship. Hillel Italie, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Jan. 2022 With $3 in his pocket, Sidney traveled steerage on a mail-cargo ship. Hillel Italie, ajc, 7 Jan. 2022 With $3 in his pocket, Sidney traveled steerage on a mail-cargo ship. Hillel Italie, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Jan. 2022 His father was an orphan who came to America from Norway in 1911 with his seven brothers and sisters in the steerage of a ship, Yndestad said. Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com, 23 Dec. 2021 Not only had there been no lifeboat drills, the crew provided steerage passengers almost no direction at all. Cody Cassidy, Wired, 30 Oct. 2020 Under his steerage, the newspaper became an important tool to lobby for the fugitives' return. Cnn Staff, CNN, 4 Sep. 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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