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midship

/mid-ship/US // ˈmɪdˌʃɪp //UK // (ˈmɪdˌʃɪp) nautical //

中层,船中,舰中部,舰中

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : in or belonging to the middle part of a ship.

Examples

  • She was built of cedar, and her lines and midship section are given in Dixon Kemp's 'Boat-sailing.'

  • It is desirable that the sheer should be ample, and the form not unduly fined away within the midship half length.

  • He visited the sloop and measured her beam carefully in several parts, but particularly her midship frame.

  • "I was visiting midship and wasn't home when it happened," he said.

  • He installed himself in the stern with the steer-oar, and the young man and the girl sat together on the midship seat.