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navy

/ney-vee/US // ˈneɪ vi //UK // (ˈneɪvɪ) //

海军,海军陆战队,海军部,海军舰艇

Related Words

armada舰队,军队,武装部,武装部队flotilla船队,车队,舰队warships军舰,战舰,战船,舰艇vessels船只,船隻argosy氩气,辩证法,争论,辩才merchant marine商船,商船队,商船公司,海商sea power海权,海力,海上力量,海上动力

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural na·vies.

    • : the whole body of warships and auxiliaries belonging to a country or ruler.
    • : the complete body of such warships together with their officers and enlisted personnel, equipment, yards, etc., constituting the sea power of a nation.
    • : the department of government charged with its management.
    • : navy blue.
    • : Archaic. a fleet of ships.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : belonging or connected to a navy; naval: navy vessels in the harbor;a navy officer with combat experience aboard a submarine.
    • : of the color navy blue: Either tie will look great with your navy suit.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounfleet
Synonyms
argosy氩气,辩证法,争论,辩才armada舰队,军队,武装部,武装部队flotilla船队,车队,舰队vessels船只,船隻warships军舰,战舰,战船,舰艇marine defense海防,海洋防卫,海洋防务,海事防务merchant marine商船,商船队,商船公司,海商naval force海军部队,海军,海军力量,海军方面sea force海上力量,海力,海上部队,海军sea power海权,海力,海上力量,海上动力

Examples

  • By exploring the possibility of a semi-autonomous scout, fire-support, and anti-submarine drone, navies could expand the capacity of existing ships to find and fight enemies.

  • There, we sat overlooking the navy water, until my sons ran down to dip their toes in, back and forth along the shore like puppies.

  • He allocated generous government funding for the Beiyang Fleet, China’s first modern navy.

  • As Philip served in the British navy during the war, he and Elizabeth corresponded and met several times.

  • VARD Marine, which makes everything from ferries to navy ships, will work on designing the ship’s architecture, including its hull, mechanical, and electrical systems.

  • “The U.S. Navy will attain IOC [initial operational capability] in 2018 with 3F software,” DellaVedova wrote.

  • He was a great lover of the navy, and he liked me because of it.

  • My father was in an intelligence unit for the U.S. Navy, as he had been in World War II.

  • The Navy and Marine Corps versions of the F-35 have differing configurations and rely on an external gun pod.

  • Within hours, the Indonesian navy said dozens of bodies were being seen.

  • We show the Navy all our important operations cables; they have their own ways of doing things and don't open out so freely.

  • This Committee shall be divided into three sections, viz.:—Of diplomacy; of the navy; and of the army.

  • Thomas Harvey, a distinguished officer in the British navy, died at Bermuda, aged 65.

  • Her total Naval complement is 2200 officers and enlisted men of the regular Navy.

  • He was promoted up the ladder of success steadily, and in 1910 he received his commission as a Commander in the Navy.

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