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单词 vessel
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Definition of vessel in English:

vessel

noun ˈvɛs(ə)lˈvɛsəl
  • 1A ship or large boat.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Of those, 16 fishing vessels were detained and 113 written warnings issued for various offences.
    • Finally, I saw on the horizon a large naval vessel.
    • Recent examples include photographing industrial plants, bridges, and vessels at sea.
    • In the right hands it is probably the most adaptable and seaworthy vessel afloat.
    • An intensive search for the vessel's mother ship was mounted but nothing found.
    • Large merchant vessels have to slow down, making it easier for pirates to pursue their prey.
    • Over 60 volunteers braved the flood waters in canoes, boats and vessels of all shapes and sizes as the search continued yesterday.
    • Forty tonnes of marine diesel are still thought to be on board the sunken vessel.
    • The typhoon, which sank 18 vessels and broke 13 container cranes at ports, has caused millions of pounds worth of damage so far.
    • The survey was also very useful for targeting international yacht and domestic vessels to monitor quarantine compliance.
    • Once the document was on the ship, the vessel was allowed to anchor.
    • In some parts of the world it is all too easy to board a merchant vessel unlawfully.
    • Since May, more than 98 vessels have been boarded for inspection.
    • Assisting a cargo vessel approach its berth she got into difficulties and capsized.
    • In a lake about 11 miles long and under a mile at its widest, not only is there not much scope for a sea-going vessel but under sail these vessels pose some threat to smaller boats.
    • It would take him about 10 minutes to walk round the vessel and check the containers.
    • Small vessels (mostly motor boats) provide the sole means of transporting food and other goods utilized by the community.
    • The bridge only opens with two keys, at the moment it is high and open, which would allow ships and other nautical vessels to pass beneath us.
    • It said about 35,409 ships and vessels have returned to ports.
    • Various factories in and near the harbour area specialize in keeping the extensive trawler fleet and other vessels seaworthy.
    Synonyms
    boat, sailing boat, ship, yacht, craft, watercraft
    literary barque, keel
  • 2A hollow container, especially one used to hold liquid, such as a bowl or cask.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Rugs, throws, wall hangings, vessels and bowls, scarves and brooches are all included.
    • Proceeds are earmarked for vessels and containers, and to repay loans.
    • Two landmines went off in our faces, drenching us both with warm milk, the pressure too much to be contained in the transparent vessels before us.
    • Officers found each of the vessels contained protected fish.
    • Besides, the distribution of the carbon was uneven, and vessels with large quantities alternated with vessels which contained very little carbon or none.
    • The refilling vessel contains liquid water and gas.
    • It can only obtain a liquid state under very high pressure in a containment vessel.
    • Our descent into hell was caused by a bolt of lightening striking, with unerring accuracy, a vessel which contained a chemical that doesn't get on well with sources of ignition.
    • He knew he should have immediately collected the spilled magic and contained it in a vessel for later use.
    • Five of the vessels from four burials contain clay residues, suggesting that pigments had been stored in them when they were placed in the graves.
    • The most common form of vessels were cups, bowls or jugs used for storage of liquid or dry consumer goods.
    • When the glass had cooled, the clay/sand model was carefully scraped out of the container, leaving the hollow glass vessel.
    • Glass containers, ceramic vessels and galvanised cans brimming with an array of cacti, gerbera and orchids are available for your mum's Mother's Day delectation.
    • Hundreds of years later, glass vessels were shaped to contain water, perfumes, and other liquids and items.
    • It took little more than a minute before all of the creature was contained in the little vessel.
    • In front of the statue and behind the platform is a huge vessel that contained oil to light a so-called ‘Everlasting Lamp’.
    • In Scandinavia many bowls and cooking vessels have been found carved from soapstone, or steatite, a mineral that is very heat tolerant.
    • Big punch bowls make supersize serving vessels.
    • Once you decide on the drinking vessel (goblet, bowl, mug or stein), you need to get it from the shelves.
    • For a start, we know next to nothing about what ceramic vessels contained.
    Synonyms
    container, receptacle, repository, holder, carrier
    basin, bowl, dish, pan, pot, can, tin, jar, jug, pitcher, carafe, flask, decanter
    urn, tub, bin, tank, drum, canister, butt, vat, cask, barrel
    box, case, chest, casket
    archaic reservatory
    1. 2.1 (chiefly in biblical use) a person regarded as having or embodying a particular quality.
      Lord, use this lowly vessel, let me serve You as You will
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They were ‘servants’ and ‘instruments’ as well as passive vessels in contemplation.
      • It's not the gospel that is so fragile but we, the vessels - and it's OK for us to be fragile, to be weak and sinful, to be utterly human.
      • Yes, the vessels are quite different; we are of various cultures, languages, colors, and races.
      • I care not for weakness if you say that I am not enough of a vessel to contain you.
      • We need to remember that God puts the treasure of his gospel in earthen vessels.
  • 3Anatomy Zoology
    A duct or canal holding or conveying blood or other fluid.

    See also blood vessel
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They also have a similarity to the small blood vessels damaged in long-standing diabetes.
    • These help constrict dilated vessels of the nose and help water eyes.
    • And consuming too much alcohol also can dilate the blood vessels in the skin, giving it a reddish hue.
    • For each examined sample, the entire thickness of the vessel wall was imaged.
    • Some strokes are due to a bleed from a vessel in the brain rather than a clot.
    Synonyms
    duct, tube, channel, passage, pipe
    artery, vein
    technical vas, trachea
    1. 3.1Botany Any of the tubular structures in the vascular system of a plant, serving to conduct water and mineral nutrients from the root.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The finely porous membranes are designed to allow the flow of water between adjacent vessels while preventing the passage of gas bubbles and pathogens.
      • There was no movement of dye between them, indicating that vessels did not criss-cross between adjacent vascular bundles.
      • In the roots one part may be deposited in the tissue and another part recirculated to the xylem vessels.
      • The fungus plugs up the tree's vascular system, the collection of tiny vessels that transports water and nutrients to the plant cells.
      • Throughout most of the day, when the plant is transpiring, these vessels will contain water under substantial hydraulic tension.

Origin

Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French vessel(e), from late Latin vascellum, diminutive of vas 'vessel'.

Rhymes

Bessel, nestle, pestle, redressal, trestle, wrestle
 
 

Definition of vessel in US English:

vessel

nounˈvɛsəlˈvesəl
  • 1A ship or large boat.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Once the document was on the ship, the vessel was allowed to anchor.
    • It said about 35,409 ships and vessels have returned to ports.
    • Large merchant vessels have to slow down, making it easier for pirates to pursue their prey.
    • Assisting a cargo vessel approach its berth she got into difficulties and capsized.
    • The bridge only opens with two keys, at the moment it is high and open, which would allow ships and other nautical vessels to pass beneath us.
    • An intensive search for the vessel's mother ship was mounted but nothing found.
    • In some parts of the world it is all too easy to board a merchant vessel unlawfully.
    • Of those, 16 fishing vessels were detained and 113 written warnings issued for various offences.
    • Since May, more than 98 vessels have been boarded for inspection.
    • In the right hands it is probably the most adaptable and seaworthy vessel afloat.
    • Recent examples include photographing industrial plants, bridges, and vessels at sea.
    • Over 60 volunteers braved the flood waters in canoes, boats and vessels of all shapes and sizes as the search continued yesterday.
    • Forty tonnes of marine diesel are still thought to be on board the sunken vessel.
    • Various factories in and near the harbour area specialize in keeping the extensive trawler fleet and other vessels seaworthy.
    • The survey was also very useful for targeting international yacht and domestic vessels to monitor quarantine compliance.
    • Finally, I saw on the horizon a large naval vessel.
    • In a lake about 11 miles long and under a mile at its widest, not only is there not much scope for a sea-going vessel but under sail these vessels pose some threat to smaller boats.
    • It would take him about 10 minutes to walk round the vessel and check the containers.
    • Small vessels (mostly motor boats) provide the sole means of transporting food and other goods utilized by the community.
    • The typhoon, which sank 18 vessels and broke 13 container cranes at ports, has caused millions of pounds worth of damage so far.
    Synonyms
    boat, sailing boat, ship, yacht, craft, watercraft
  • 2A hollow container, especially one used to hold liquid, such as a bowl or cask.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Our descent into hell was caused by a bolt of lightening striking, with unerring accuracy, a vessel which contained a chemical that doesn't get on well with sources of ignition.
    • When the glass had cooled, the clay/sand model was carefully scraped out of the container, leaving the hollow glass vessel.
    • Glass containers, ceramic vessels and galvanised cans brimming with an array of cacti, gerbera and orchids are available for your mum's Mother's Day delectation.
    • The most common form of vessels were cups, bowls or jugs used for storage of liquid or dry consumer goods.
    • It can only obtain a liquid state under very high pressure in a containment vessel.
    • The refilling vessel contains liquid water and gas.
    • Proceeds are earmarked for vessels and containers, and to repay loans.
    • For a start, we know next to nothing about what ceramic vessels contained.
    • In Scandinavia many bowls and cooking vessels have been found carved from soapstone, or steatite, a mineral that is very heat tolerant.
    • Five of the vessels from four burials contain clay residues, suggesting that pigments had been stored in them when they were placed in the graves.
    • He knew he should have immediately collected the spilled magic and contained it in a vessel for later use.
    • Once you decide on the drinking vessel (goblet, bowl, mug or stein), you need to get it from the shelves.
    • Officers found each of the vessels contained protected fish.
    • Besides, the distribution of the carbon was uneven, and vessels with large quantities alternated with vessels which contained very little carbon or none.
    • Rugs, throws, wall hangings, vessels and bowls, scarves and brooches are all included.
    • Big punch bowls make supersize serving vessels.
    • Two landmines went off in our faces, drenching us both with warm milk, the pressure too much to be contained in the transparent vessels before us.
    • Hundreds of years later, glass vessels were shaped to contain water, perfumes, and other liquids and items.
    • In front of the statue and behind the platform is a huge vessel that contained oil to light a so-called ‘Everlasting Lamp’.
    • It took little more than a minute before all of the creature was contained in the little vessel.
    Synonyms
    container, receptacle, repository, holder, carrier
    1. 2.1 (chiefly in or alluding to biblical use) a person, especially regarded as holding or embodying a particular quality.
      Lord, use this lowly vessel, let me serve You as You will
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It's not the gospel that is so fragile but we, the vessels - and it's OK for us to be fragile, to be weak and sinful, to be utterly human.
      • We need to remember that God puts the treasure of his gospel in earthen vessels.
      • Yes, the vessels are quite different; we are of various cultures, languages, colors, and races.
      • They were ‘servants’ and ‘instruments’ as well as passive vessels in contemplation.
      • I care not for weakness if you say that I am not enough of a vessel to contain you.
  • 3Anatomy Zoology
    A duct or canal holding or conveying blood or other fluid.

    See also blood vessel
    Example sentencesExamples
    • These help constrict dilated vessels of the nose and help water eyes.
    • They also have a similarity to the small blood vessels damaged in long-standing diabetes.
    • For each examined sample, the entire thickness of the vessel wall was imaged.
    • Some strokes are due to a bleed from a vessel in the brain rather than a clot.
    • And consuming too much alcohol also can dilate the blood vessels in the skin, giving it a reddish hue.
    Synonyms
    duct, tube, channel, passage, pipe
    1. 3.1Botany Any of the tubular structures in the vascular system of a plant, serving to conduct water and mineral nutrients from the root.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The fungus plugs up the tree's vascular system, the collection of tiny vessels that transports water and nutrients to the plant cells.
      • There was no movement of dye between them, indicating that vessels did not criss-cross between adjacent vascular bundles.
      • In the roots one part may be deposited in the tissue and another part recirculated to the xylem vessels.
      • Throughout most of the day, when the plant is transpiring, these vessels will contain water under substantial hydraulic tension.
      • The finely porous membranes are designed to allow the flow of water between adjacent vessels while preventing the passage of gas bubbles and pathogens.

Origin

Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French vessel(e), from late Latin vascellum, diminutive of vas ‘vessel’.

 
 
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