英语词汇“quadrireme”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

quadrireme

/ˈkwɒdrɪriːm/

Now historical

noun

An ancient Greek or Roman galley having four rowers for each set of oars.

There is continuing uncertainty about the actual arrangement of oars on a quadrireme; the prevailing view among historians is that they were usually arranged in two banks, with two men on each oar. A design with four banks of oars is likely to have been unstable..

Origin

Late 16th century; earliest use found in William Harrison (1535–1593), historian and topographer. From classical Latin quadrirēmis type of galley, probably one with four rowers to every ‘room’, in post-classical Latin also as adjective from quadri- + rēmus oar, perhaps partly via Middle French quadrireme.

单词	quadrireme
释义	quadrireme /ˈkwɒdrɪriːm/ Now historical noun An ancient Greek or Roman galley having four rowers for each set of oars. There is continuing uncertainty about the actual arrangement of oars on a quadrireme; the prevailing view among historians is that they were usually arranged in two banks, with two men on each oar. A design with four banks of oars is likely to have been unstable.. Origin Late 16th century; earliest use found in William Harrison (1535–1593), historian and topographer. From classical Latin quadrirēmis type of galley, probably one with four rowers to every ‘room’, in post-classical Latin also as adjective from quadri- + rēmus oar, perhaps partly via Middle French quadrireme.
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