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man-of-war

/man-uhv-wawr/US // ˈmæn əvˈwɔr //

军舰,战舰,舰艇,军人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural men-of-war.

    • : a warship.
    • : Portuguese man-of-war.

Examples

  • They are, to say the least, preparing for civil war (the polling stations are stormed by armed gangs).

  • In the first episode, an officer is shown video of himself shooting and killing a man.

  • But what is there more irresponsible than playing with the fire of an imagined civil war in the France of today?

  • That man was Xavier Cortada, a gay man who wrote of his frustration that he and his partner of eight years were unable to marry.

  • It is the summit of human happiness: the surrender of man to God, of woman to man, of several women to the same man.

  • He distinguished himself in several campaigns, especially in the Peninsular war, and was raised to the rank of field marshal.

  • Davy looked around and saw an old man coming toward them across the lawn.

  • The supernaturalist alleges that religion was revealed to man by God, and that the form of this revelation is a sacred book.

  • The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.

  • He remembered something—the cherished pose of being a man plunged fathoms-deep in business.