Definition of sloop in English:

sloop

noun sluːpslup

1A one-masted sailing boat with a mainsail and jib rigged fore and aft.
Example sentencesExamples
- Two sloops next to each other might have to move one boat bow in and the other stern in, for example.
- Along the edges of the convoys sailed a variety of ships: graceful sloops, chunky corvettes, slim gunboats like the Dutch Soemba, antisubmarine patrol craft, fast PT boats, and everywhere sleek destroyers.
- Forget all the sailing ships, the sloops, brigs, schooners and luggers lost here, and concentrate on the steamships.
- Fortunately, the skipper has both dogs, as well as kids and crew, in life jackets aboard the family sloop Off Call.
- The sloop's rudder had dislodged, leaving a gaping hole below the waterline that could not be closed.
- In addition, the wind is often light and, when it blows, amazingly fluky - I can remember sailing almost completely around one of the San Juans without touching our sloop's sheets.
- The naturally perfect horseshoe-shaped harbor is filled with mega cruise ships, sailing yachts, sloops, ferryboats, and fishing craft.
- The harbor is filled every day with all manner of sleek vessels - from 10-foot kayaks, to 30-foot sloops, to oceangoing cargo ships that stretch almost 1,000 feet from stem to stern.
- Not that there was any shortage of new sailing craft on display - mostly glittering sloops with racing pedigrees as long as your arm.
- In right field some 50 boats - sloops to kayaks - idled in the cove, swimmers hopeful of retrieving any home run ball hit into the drink.
- Johnson is a tacky tuna boat owner who buys the sloop out from under Ross, but then offers him a chance to ‘buy it back’ by indenturing him to captain his fishing fleet.
- For most coastal cruising conditions the sloop would be the preferred rig on this size boat but, perhaps for aesthetic reasons, most were rigged with the double headsail arrangement.
- A small sloop approaches the shore ferrying a group of passengers from Gloucester.
- Matt followed Katherine's lead and moved out onto the tiny foredeck of the sloop.
- A procession of big cruising sloops was entering the marina, and I suddenly realized that their skippers intended to dock under sail.
- I like storms even though one tried to kill me a few years ago, late at night on a 36-foot sloop with its full mainsail still stupidly up, twenty miles from the nearest shore of Lake Superior.
- Of the forty vessels registered in that year, thirty-seven were described as lighters, one as a boat and two as sloops.
- When you round Cove Point, the sun, like a low red host, has migrated west of the church steeple over the anchorage of sloops and ketches into what will soon be night past the carcass of a skiff almost hidden in the weeds.
- In tugs and sloops and rowboats, citizen watchdog groups have launched a campaign to protect America's waterways.
- When he stood, he glanced out the window and was able to see just the top of the mast of the anchored sloop.
1. 1.1historical A small square-rigged sailing warship with two or three masts.
  Example sentencesExamples
  In July 1798, Stephen Decatur, on the sloop Delaware, captured the French schooner Croyable off New Jersey.
  Again, that's great stuff for kids - it's pirates, it's pistols, it's cutlasses, it's galleons and sloops and swords.
  Stark paused for a moment to look out on the British sloops and transport ships in the harbor, then ran across the ridgeline of Breed's Hill toward his troops, two hundred New Hampshire militiamen.
  A collection of tattered men o'war and patched sloops is firing directly over the decks of the old admiral's flagship and into the area of HMS Brown.
  The colony of Victoria, also concerned with its security, acquired the steam sloop Victoria in 1855.
  Shots were fired from behind and an all out sea battle began, the sloop versus three heavily armed galleons.
2. 1.2historical A small anti-submarine warship used for convoy escort in the Second World War.
  Example sentencesExamples
  From May 1941 to February 1943 Parker was in HMS Fareham, a sloop operating off the coast of Cyraniaca in support of the Eighth Army in the Western Desert.
  Before the war, the Admiralty had developed a sloop design for convoy escort work.
  Whimbrel - now ENS Tariq - retains many of the features which helped her and the rest of the Black Swan class of sloops defeat the German U-boats in one of the crucial campaigns of World War II.
  In fact, Australia lost just two ships in that campaign - the light cruiser Perth and the small sloop Yarra.
  He returned to Australia in 1941 and was appointed in command of the sloop HMAS Yarra in January 1942.
  During WWII, while in command of the sloop HMAS Yarra, he and his ship's company put up a valiant fight to protect an Allied convoy from Japanese attack in the Java Sea.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Dutch sloep(e), of unknown origin.

Rhymes

bloop, cock-a-hoop, coop, croup, droop, drupe, dupe, goop, group, Guadeloupe, hoop, loop, poop, recoup, roup, scoop, snoop, soup, stoep, stoop, stoup, stupe, swoop, troop, troupe, whoop

Definition of sloop in US English:

sloop

nounslo͞opslup

1A one-masted sailboat with a fore-and-aft mainsail and a jib.
Example sentencesExamples
- A small sloop approaches the shore ferrying a group of passengers from Gloucester.
- In tugs and sloops and rowboats, citizen watchdog groups have launched a campaign to protect America's waterways.
- A procession of big cruising sloops was entering the marina, and I suddenly realized that their skippers intended to dock under sail.
- Of the forty vessels registered in that year, thirty-seven were described as lighters, one as a boat and two as sloops.
- The harbor is filled every day with all manner of sleek vessels - from 10-foot kayaks, to 30-foot sloops, to oceangoing cargo ships that stretch almost 1,000 feet from stem to stern.
- Two sloops next to each other might have to move one boat bow in and the other stern in, for example.
- In addition, the wind is often light and, when it blows, amazingly fluky - I can remember sailing almost completely around one of the San Juans without touching our sloop's sheets.
- Matt followed Katherine's lead and moved out onto the tiny foredeck of the sloop.
- Forget all the sailing ships, the sloops, brigs, schooners and luggers lost here, and concentrate on the steamships.
- In right field some 50 boats - sloops to kayaks - idled in the cove, swimmers hopeful of retrieving any home run ball hit into the drink.
- When you round Cove Point, the sun, like a low red host, has migrated west of the church steeple over the anchorage of sloops and ketches into what will soon be night past the carcass of a skiff almost hidden in the weeds.
- The sloop's rudder had dislodged, leaving a gaping hole below the waterline that could not be closed.
- The naturally perfect horseshoe-shaped harbor is filled with mega cruise ships, sailing yachts, sloops, ferryboats, and fishing craft.
- I like storms even though one tried to kill me a few years ago, late at night on a 36-foot sloop with its full mainsail still stupidly up, twenty miles from the nearest shore of Lake Superior.
- Not that there was any shortage of new sailing craft on display - mostly glittering sloops with racing pedigrees as long as your arm.
- When he stood, he glanced out the window and was able to see just the top of the mast of the anchored sloop.
- Fortunately, the skipper has both dogs, as well as kids and crew, in life jackets aboard the family sloop Off Call.
- Along the edges of the convoys sailed a variety of ships: graceful sloops, chunky corvettes, slim gunboats like the Dutch Soemba, antisubmarine patrol craft, fast PT boats, and everywhere sleek destroyers.
- For most coastal cruising conditions the sloop would be the preferred rig on this size boat but, perhaps for aesthetic reasons, most were rigged with the double headsail arrangement.
- Johnson is a tacky tuna boat owner who buys the sloop out from under Ross, but then offers him a chance to ‘buy it back’ by indenturing him to captain his fishing fleet.
1. 1.1historical A small square-rigged sailing warship with two or three masts.
  Example sentencesExamples
  A collection of tattered men o'war and patched sloops is firing directly over the decks of the old admiral's flagship and into the area of HMS Brown.
  The colony of Victoria, also concerned with its security, acquired the steam sloop Victoria in 1855.
  Shots were fired from behind and an all out sea battle began, the sloop versus three heavily armed galleons.
  Stark paused for a moment to look out on the British sloops and transport ships in the harbor, then ran across the ridgeline of Breed's Hill toward his troops, two hundred New Hampshire militiamen.
  In July 1798, Stephen Decatur, on the sloop Delaware, captured the French schooner Croyable off New Jersey.
  Again, that's great stuff for kids - it's pirates, it's pistols, it's cutlasses, it's galleons and sloops and swords.
2. 1.2historical A small antisubmarine warship used for convoy escort in World War II.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Whimbrel - now ENS Tariq - retains many of the features which helped her and the rest of the Black Swan class of sloops defeat the German U-boats in one of the crucial campaigns of World War II.
  During WWII, while in command of the sloop HMAS Yarra, he and his ship's company put up a valiant fight to protect an Allied convoy from Japanese attack in the Java Sea.
  In fact, Australia lost just two ships in that campaign - the light cruiser Perth and the small sloop Yarra.
  He returned to Australia in 1941 and was appointed in command of the sloop HMAS Yarra in January 1942.
  From May 1941 to February 1943 Parker was in HMS Fareham, a sloop operating off the coast of Cyraniaca in support of the Eighth Army in the Western Desert.
  Before the war, the Admiralty had developed a sloop design for convoy escort work.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Dutch sloep(e), of unknown origin.

单词	sloop
释义	Definition of sloop in English: sloop noun sluːpslup 1A one-masted sailing boat with a mainsail and jib rigged fore and aft. Example sentencesExamples Two sloops next to each other might have to move one boat bow in and the other stern in, for example. Along the edges of the convoys sailed a variety of ships: graceful sloops, chunky corvettes, slim gunboats like the Dutch Soemba, antisubmarine patrol craft, fast PT boats, and everywhere sleek destroyers. Forget all the sailing ships, the sloops, brigs, schooners and luggers lost here, and concentrate on the steamships. Fortunately, the skipper has both dogs, as well as kids and crew, in life jackets aboard the family sloop Off Call. The sloop's rudder had dislodged, leaving a gaping hole below the waterline that could not be closed. In addition, the wind is often light and, when it blows, amazingly fluky - I can remember sailing almost completely around one of the San Juans without touching our sloop's sheets. The naturally perfect horseshoe-shaped harbor is filled with mega cruise ships, sailing yachts, sloops, ferryboats, and fishing craft. The harbor is filled every day with all manner of sleek vessels - from 10-foot kayaks, to 30-foot sloops, to oceangoing cargo ships that stretch almost 1,000 feet from stem to stern. Not that there was any shortage of new sailing craft on display - mostly glittering sloops with racing pedigrees as long as your arm. In right field some 50 boats - sloops to kayaks - idled in the cove, swimmers hopeful of retrieving any home run ball hit into the drink. Johnson is a tacky tuna boat owner who buys the sloop out from under Ross, but then offers him a chance to ‘buy it back’ by indenturing him to captain his fishing fleet. For most coastal cruising conditions the sloop would be the preferred rig on this size boat but, perhaps for aesthetic reasons, most were rigged with the double headsail arrangement. A small sloop approaches the shore ferrying a group of passengers from Gloucester. Matt followed Katherine's lead and moved out onto the tiny foredeck of the sloop. A procession of big cruising sloops was entering the marina, and I suddenly realized that their skippers intended to dock under sail. I like storms even though one tried to kill me a few years ago, late at night on a 36-foot sloop with its full mainsail still stupidly up, twenty miles from the nearest shore of Lake Superior. Of the forty vessels registered in that year, thirty-seven were described as lighters, one as a boat and two as sloops. When you round Cove Point, the sun, like a low red host, has migrated west of the church steeple over the anchorage of sloops and ketches into what will soon be night past the carcass of a skiff almost hidden in the weeds. In tugs and sloops and rowboats, citizen watchdog groups have launched a campaign to protect America's waterways. When he stood, he glanced out the window and was able to see just the top of the mast of the anchored sloop. 1.1historical A small square-rigged sailing warship with two or three masts. Example sentencesExamples In July 1798, Stephen Decatur, on the sloop Delaware, captured the French schooner Croyable off New Jersey. Again, that's great stuff for kids - it's pirates, it's pistols, it's cutlasses, it's galleons and sloops and swords. Stark paused for a moment to look out on the British sloops and transport ships in the harbor, then ran across the ridgeline of Breed's Hill toward his troops, two hundred New Hampshire militiamen. A collection of tattered men o'war and patched sloops is firing directly over the decks of the old admiral's flagship and into the area of HMS Brown. The colony of Victoria, also concerned with its security, acquired the steam sloop Victoria in 1855. Shots were fired from behind and an all out sea battle began, the sloop versus three heavily armed galleons. 1.2historical A small anti-submarine warship used for convoy escort in the Second World War. Example sentencesExamples From May 1941 to February 1943 Parker was in HMS Fareham, a sloop operating off the coast of Cyraniaca in support of the Eighth Army in the Western Desert. Before the war, the Admiralty had developed a sloop design for convoy escort work. Whimbrel - now ENS Tariq - retains many of the features which helped her and the rest of the Black Swan class of sloops defeat the German U-boats in one of the crucial campaigns of World War II. In fact, Australia lost just two ships in that campaign - the light cruiser Perth and the small sloop Yarra. He returned to Australia in 1941 and was appointed in command of the sloop HMAS Yarra in January 1942. During WWII, while in command of the sloop HMAS Yarra, he and his ship's company put up a valiant fight to protect an Allied convoy from Japanese attack in the Java Sea. Origin Early 17th century: from Dutch sloep(e), of unknown origin. Rhymes bloop, cock-a-hoop, coop, croup, droop, drupe, dupe, goop, group, Guadeloupe, hoop, loop, poop, recoup, roup, scoop, snoop, soup, stoep, stoop, stoup, stupe, swoop, troop, troupe, whoop Definition of sloop in US English: sloop nounslo͞opslup 1A one-masted sailboat with a fore-and-aft mainsail and a jib. Example sentencesExamples A small sloop approaches the shore ferrying a group of passengers from Gloucester. In tugs and sloops and rowboats, citizen watchdog groups have launched a campaign to protect America's waterways. A procession of big cruising sloops was entering the marina, and I suddenly realized that their skippers intended to dock under sail. Of the forty vessels registered in that year, thirty-seven were described as lighters, one as a boat and two as sloops. The harbor is filled every day with all manner of sleek vessels - from 10-foot kayaks, to 30-foot sloops, to oceangoing cargo ships that stretch almost 1,000 feet from stem to stern. Two sloops next to each other might have to move one boat bow in and the other stern in, for example. In addition, the wind is often light and, when it blows, amazingly fluky - I can remember sailing almost completely around one of the San Juans without touching our sloop's sheets. Matt followed Katherine's lead and moved out onto the tiny foredeck of the sloop. Forget all the sailing ships, the sloops, brigs, schooners and luggers lost here, and concentrate on the steamships. In right field some 50 boats - sloops to kayaks - idled in the cove, swimmers hopeful of retrieving any home run ball hit into the drink. When you round Cove Point, the sun, like a low red host, has migrated west of the church steeple over the anchorage of sloops and ketches into what will soon be night past the carcass of a skiff almost hidden in the weeds. The sloop's rudder had dislodged, leaving a gaping hole below the waterline that could not be closed. The naturally perfect horseshoe-shaped harbor is filled with mega cruise ships, sailing yachts, sloops, ferryboats, and fishing craft. I like storms even though one tried to kill me a few years ago, late at night on a 36-foot sloop with its full mainsail still stupidly up, twenty miles from the nearest shore of Lake Superior. Not that there was any shortage of new sailing craft on display - mostly glittering sloops with racing pedigrees as long as your arm. When he stood, he glanced out the window and was able to see just the top of the mast of the anchored sloop. Fortunately, the skipper has both dogs, as well as kids and crew, in life jackets aboard the family sloop Off Call. Along the edges of the convoys sailed a variety of ships: graceful sloops, chunky corvettes, slim gunboats like the Dutch Soemba, antisubmarine patrol craft, fast PT boats, and everywhere sleek destroyers. For most coastal cruising conditions the sloop would be the preferred rig on this size boat but, perhaps for aesthetic reasons, most were rigged with the double headsail arrangement. Johnson is a tacky tuna boat owner who buys the sloop out from under Ross, but then offers him a chance to ‘buy it back’ by indenturing him to captain his fishing fleet. 1.1historical A small square-rigged sailing warship with two or three masts. Example sentencesExamples A collection of tattered men o'war and patched sloops is firing directly over the decks of the old admiral's flagship and into the area of HMS Brown. The colony of Victoria, also concerned with its security, acquired the steam sloop Victoria in 1855. Shots were fired from behind and an all out sea battle began, the sloop versus three heavily armed galleons. Stark paused for a moment to look out on the British sloops and transport ships in the harbor, then ran across the ridgeline of Breed's Hill toward his troops, two hundred New Hampshire militiamen. In July 1798, Stephen Decatur, on the sloop Delaware, captured the French schooner Croyable off New Jersey. Again, that's great stuff for kids - it's pirates, it's pistols, it's cutlasses, it's galleons and sloops and swords. 1.2historical A small antisubmarine warship used for convoy escort in World War II. Example sentencesExamples Whimbrel - now ENS Tariq - retains many of the features which helped her and the rest of the Black Swan class of sloops defeat the German U-boats in one of the crucial campaigns of World War II. During WWII, while in command of the sloop HMAS Yarra, he and his ship's company put up a valiant fight to protect an Allied convoy from Japanese attack in the Java Sea. In fact, Australia lost just two ships in that campaign - the light cruiser Perth and the small sloop Yarra. He returned to Australia in 1941 and was appointed in command of the sloop HMAS Yarra in January 1942. From May 1941 to February 1943 Parker was in HMS Fareham, a sloop operating off the coast of Cyraniaca in support of the Eighth Army in the Western Desert. Before the war, the Admiralty had developed a sloop design for convoy escort work. Origin Early 17th century: from Dutch sloep(e), of unknown origin.
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