| 单词 | war vessel |
| 释义 | war vessel (once / 13971 pages) n WORD FAMILY war vessel: war vessels USAGE EXAMPLES“She is too fast for any submarine. No German war vessel can get her or near her.” Washington Post(Mar 13, 2015) This large canoe with a graceful pointed prow was the war vessel of the marshes - an iconic symbol of pride. BBC(Jun 01, 2013) The Littoral Combat Ship is a new class of speedy war vessels that can operate on the ocean and in shallow coastal waters. New York Times(Jun 01, 2013) n a government ship that is available for waging war Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper combat ship, warship Old Ironsides a United States 44-gun frigate that was one of the first three naval ships built by the United States; it won brilliant victories over British frigates during the War of 1812 and is without doubt the most famous ship in the history of the United States Navy; it has been rebuilt and is anchored in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston USS Colea United States destroyer aircraft carrier, attack aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings battleship, battlewagonlarge and heavily armoured warship capital shipa warship of the first rank in size and armament corvettea highly maneuverable escort warship; smaller than a destroyer cruisera large fast warship; smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer destroyer, guided missile destroyera small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship destroyer escortwarship smaller than a destroyer; designed to escort fleets or convoys frigatea United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser frigatea medium size square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th centuries guard shipa warship (at anchor or under way) required to maintain a higher degree of readiness than others in its squadron ironclada wooden warship of the 19th century that is plated with iron or steel armor man-of-war, ship of the linea warship intended for combat privateera privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation sloop of wara sailing or steam warship having cannons on only one deck submersible, submersible warshipa warship designed to operate under water surface shipa warship that operates on the surface of the water three-deckera warship carrying guns on three decks torpedo boatsmall high-speed warship designed for torpedo attacks in coastal waters battle cruisera cruiser of maximum speed and firepower dreadnaught, dreadnoughtbattleship that has big guns all of the same caliber guided missile cruisera cruiser that carries guided missiles guided missile frigatea frigate that carries guided missiles pocket battleshipa small battleship built to conform with treaty limitations on tonnage and armament (from 1925 to 1930) PT boat, mosquito boat, mosquito craft, motor torpedo boata small fast unarmored and lightly armed torpedo boat; P(atrol) T(orpedo) boat sailing warshipa warship that was powered by sails and equipped with many heavy guns; not built after the middle of the 19th century U-boat, pigboat, sub, submarinea submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes tin caninformal term for a destroyer torpedo-boat destroyersmall destroyer that was the forerunner of modern destroyers; designed to destroy torpedo boats military vehicle vehicle used by the armed forces shipa vessel that carries passengers or freight |
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