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dreadnaught

/dred-nawt/US // ˈdrɛdˌnɔt //UK // (ˈdrɛdˌnɔːt) //

无畏号,无畏派,无畏者,无畏

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.
    • : an outer garment of heavy woolen cloth.
    • : a thick cloth with a long pile.

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Examples

  • What do you think this is—a dreadnaught with full equipment?

  • Theres not a dreadnaught among them that can match the guns of our flagship!

  • I asked Clarkson to let me have a man to show me the way to the Dreadnaught.

  • Pointing up the mountain, the young man asked, "Is that the way to the Dreadnaught mine?"

  • England built a monstrous battleship called the Dreadnaught, which was twice as heavy as any other battleship afloat.