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

Carley float

/ˈkɑːli

noun

A large emergency raft carried on board ship, consisting of a buoyant canvas ring with a wooden grid deck.The survivors were those who managed to scramble onto Carley floats and were picked up by other ships which, against convoy orders, had stood by the Persier in mountainous seas and force 7 winds....

Coward's first script was much too long, but he eventually came up with the idea of the Carley float as a device to flashback to some of the best scenes he had written, focusing on just three of the survivors.
The sailor's body was found soon after in a Carley float.

Origin

Early 20th century: named after Horace S. Carley (fl. 1900), American inventor.

单词	Carley float
释义	Carley float /ˈkɑːli / noun A large emergency raft carried on board ship, consisting of a buoyant canvas ring with a wooden grid deck.The survivors were those who managed to scramble onto Carley floats and were picked up by other ships which, against convoy orders, had stood by the Persier in mountainous seas and force 7 winds.... Coward's first script was much too long, but he eventually came up with the idea of the Carley float as a device to flashback to some of the best scenes he had written, focusing on just three of the survivors. The sailor's body was found soon after in a Carley float. Origin Early 20th century: named after Horace S. Carley (fl. 1900), American inventor.
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