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slipway

/slip-wey/US // ˈslɪpˌweɪ //UK // (ˈslɪpˌweɪ) //

滑道,滑行道,滑梯,溜冰场

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Nautical.

    • : the area sloping toward the water, on which the ways are located.
    • : marine railway.
    • : a ramp on a factory ship for hauling aboard carcasses of whales for processing.

Examples

  • Then she drew him away, over stock and stone, in a slanting path to the slipway, where the people stood like a wall.

  • A motor-boat left the slipway, and we were towed ingloriously ashore at about 11 o'clock.

  • At ten minutes to seven we sighted land and twenty minutes after we were resting on the water in front of Yarmouth slipway.

  • Master Calvin, seated astride the low wall above the slipway, almost rolled off his perch with laughter.

  • Rosewarne could not challenge him without raising the whole question of the slipway.