battleship

• n. （美）战舰

词态变化

英文词源

battleship (n.)

1794, shortened from line-of-battle ship (1705), one large enough to take part in a main attack (formerly one of 74-plus guns); from battle (n.) + ship (n.). Later in U.S. Navy in reference to a class of ships that carried guns of the largest size. The last was decommissioned in 2006. Battleship-gray as a color is attested from 1916. Fighter and bomber airplanes in World War I newspaper articles were sometimes called battleplanes, but it did not catch on.

双语例句

1. The little boy enjoys making battleship models.

这个小男孩喜欢做战舰模型.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. A new battleship was launched from a shipyard.

一艘新战舰从船坞下水.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. They moved two destroyers into the area to counter the threat from the enemy battleship.

他们开了两艘驱逐舰进入这个地区,来反击敌人战舰的威胁.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. A British battleship, which had been damaged severely in the battle of Crete, came limping into Pearl Harbor.

一艘在克里特岛战役中严重受损的英国战舰艰难缓慢地驶进珍珠港。

来自柯林斯例句

5. Later air reconnaissance showed that the battleship was heavily damaged.

事后,空中侦察表明,该战列舰受伤颇重.

来自辞典例句