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naval

/ney-vuhl/US // ˈneɪ vəl //UK // (ˈneɪvəl) //

海军,海运,海军部队,海军方面

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to warships: a naval battle; naval strength.
    • : of or relating to ships of all kinds: naval architecture; naval engineer.
    • : belonging to, pertaining to, or connected with a navy: naval affairs.
    • : possessing a navy: the great naval powers.

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Examples

  • Fortunately, Hoover, who at the time was living in London, intervened and convinced both sides to let him organize food relief as a private citizen, essentially creating his own pirate nation with its own flag, naval fleet, and railroads.

  • During the American Revolutionary War, the revolutionaries were looking for creative ways to challenge British naval superiority.

  • There’s both a naval blockade and a 40-mile-long border fence barring entry into Israel, complemented by an additional nine miles of steel and concrete walls on the Gaza-Egyptian border.

  • In late April, the Pentagon officially released naval footage of “unidentified aerial phenomena” that had been shared online, which may have primed some people to seek UFOs in their own backyards.

  • A recent study of the remains of one victim, who died on the beach not far from a small naval vessel, suggests that he might have been a senior naval officer.

  • Editor's Note: This story had been amended to clarify Jeffrey Wright's Naval service.

  • However, there has been a lot of work done since the report was released, the naval architect said.

  • “This is an area that the Navy is taking seriously,” one naval architect familiar with the design told The Daily Beast.

  • She entered into the Naval Reserve of the Royal Canadian Navy at 17 while still in high school.

  • Churchill welcomed the approach and immediately continued the exchanges using the code name “naval person.”

  • He had seen through a powerful naval glass some figures standing erect and silhouetted against the sky on the parapet.

  • I decided after anxious searching of heart to help the French by taking over some portion of their line with the Naval Brigade.

  • First we attack with the naval half and are held up—next we attack with the army half and are held up.

  • During the first few weeks following the Cavite naval battle nothing remarkable occurred between the belligerents.

  • Last night the French and the Naval Brigade made a good advance with slight loss.