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corvette

/kawr-vet/US // kɔrˈvɛt //UK // (kɔːˈvɛt) //

护卫队,护卫舰,护卫艇,护城河

Related Words

frigate护卫舰,护航舰,军舰,舰艇destroyer毁灭者,驱逐舰,破坏者,摧毁者battleship战列舰,战舰,战斗舰,主力舰submarine潜水艇,潜艇,潜水器,海底捞gunboat炮舰,炮艇,炮台,炮船cutter切割机,切割器,刀具,割刀dreadnaught无畏号,无畏派,无畏者,无畏cruiser巡船,游船,巡巡车,巡逻车dreadnought无畏号,无畏军,无畏舰,无畏

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a warship of the old sailing class, having a flush deck and usually one tier of guns.
    • : a lightly armed, fast ship used mostly for convoy escort and ranging in size between a destroyer and a gunboat.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inwarship
Synonyms
battleship战列舰,战舰,战斗舰,主力舰cutter切割机,切割器,刀具,割刀destroyer毁灭者,驱逐舰,破坏者,摧毁者frigate护卫舰,护航舰,军舰,舰艇gunboat炮舰,炮艇,炮台,炮船submarine潜水艇,潜艇,潜水器,海底捞cruiser巡船,游船,巡巡车,巡逻车dreadnaught无畏号,无畏派,无畏者,无畏dreadnought无畏号,无畏军,无畏舰,无畏

Examples

  • Soon came whispers about a Russian corvette being spotted at Balaclava Bay.

  • And here he is singing “Little Red Corvette” to a class of eighth graders.

  • Martinez is currently working on scoring a commercial for the 2014 Corvette.

  • When I drive my Corvette I see the looks it gets from all the people that have children.

  • In 1983, August Busch IV, then a 19-year-old student at the University of Arizona in 1983, crashed his Corvette.

  • The corvette stood on the opposite tack until well abaft the beam.

  • He perceived that the corvette had hauled on board his tattered courses, and was standing ahead of them.

  • When Newton returned on deck, he found that the corvette had gradually edged down until nearly within point-blank range.

  • Her yards have a wide spread, and I am inclined to think that she is a frigate or a large corvette—certainly a French one.

  • The Spanish corvette San Fermin, which lay at anchor in the port, was thrown over the walls of the fortress.

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