cockleshell / ˈkɒk əlˌʃɛl /
📖毕业后词汇蚶子珊瑚壳蚶子壳贝壳
cockleshell 的定义
n. 名词 noun- a shell of the cockle.
- a shell of some other mollusk, as the scallop.
- Nautical. any light or frail vessel.
更多cockleshell例句
- A few minutes later, the little craft—oh, what a frail cockleshell she looked in the midst of that mountainous sea!
- A similar fate surely awaited the light cockleshell which bore the beloved life.
- The act of taking so long a passage in this cockleshell of a vessel is a sure testimony of his devotion and bravery.
- In their cockleshell of a boat, they know that to run before the wind is their safest plan, and so they speed on south-eastward.
- Now, one rush and they are gone back to their own cockleshell.