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schooner

/skoo-ner/US // ˈsku nər //UK // (ˈskuːnə) //

大篷车,大帆船,大蓬车,帆船

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Nautical. any of various types of sailing vessel having a foremast and mainmast, with or without other masts, and having fore-and-aft sails on all lower masts.See also ketch, topsail schooner, yawl.
    • : a very tall glass, as for beer.
    • : prairie schooner.

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Examples

  • On the way they passed by the Schooner Tavern, where they encountered Dean Schmitz and Molly Flaherty.

  • I know of one, built on piles on a sand-bank, that was run into by a schooner and carried bodily away.

  • In the street a luxurious limousine was tooting for a ramshackle prairie schooner to turn to one side.

  • On the other hand, you can prepare to dispose of the serial rights of the Schooner Farallone: a most grim and gloomy tale.

  • If we could only have Macgregor here with his schooner, you would hear of no more troubles in Samoa.

  • A powder magazine was set afloat, but it struck the schooner, which lay at anchor near the frigate.

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