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carrack

/kar-uhk/US // ˈkær ək //UK // (ˈkærək) //

车架,车棚,车箱,车厢

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a merchant vessel having various rigs, used especially by Mediterranean countries in the 15th and 16th centuries; galleon.

Examples

  • One carrack especially, commanded by Lawrence Foglietta resisted the attacks of seven English ships.

  • After waiting patiently for some weeks, another still larger carrack, called the Madre de Dios hove in sight.

  • The carrack, which was brought home in safety, was larger than any man-of-war or merchantman belonging to England.

  • They sent a little carrack further down, and it had to come back because the water fell to boiling!

  • She caught fire from a large French carrack, called the Marie la Cordelière, which she was attacking.