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dockyard

/dok-yahrd/US // ˈdɒkˌyɑrd //UK // (ˈdɒkˌjɑːd) //

船坞,船厂,船船坞,造船厂

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a waterside area containing docks, workshops, warehouses, etc., for building, outfitting, and repairing ships, for storing naval supplies, etc.
    • : British. a navy yard.

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Examples

  • The bus journey ended at the westernmost tip of the island, the old Royal Navy Dockyard.

  • He had not the least idea what wadding was, and his notion of a bullet was a dockyard cannon-ball bigger than his own head.

  • Scotland had not a single ship of the line, nor a single dockyard where such a ship could be built.

  • On Nat's return to the dockyard, he delighted Lippincott with the news of the exchange that they were to make.

  • As soon as she had picked up moorings Nat landed at the dockyard, and, proceeding to the admiral's, reported himself there.

  • Nat at once hurried off, while Captain Painton went into the office of another of the officials of the dockyard.