单词	steerage
释义	steerage /ˈstɪərɪdʒ / noun [mass noun] 1 historical The part of a ship providing the cheapest accommodation for passengers: poor emigrants in steerage... Writing of the conditions in steerage, one cabin passenger commented ‘poor creatures, it is a horrible place between decks, so many people in so small a space, I wonder how they live.’ Letters and travel diaries indicate that dancing was an activity enjoyed by both steerage and cabin passengers, illustrating dance's potential as a site for exchange between these groups. By virtue of clothing alone, it was not at all difficult to tell which passengers were steerage, and which were first-class. 2 archaic or literary The action of steering a boat: he lowers his sails and enters softly, with gentle steerage Rhymes peerage
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