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steamship

/steem-ship/US // ˈstimˌʃɪp //UK // (ˈstiːmˌʃɪp) //

汽船,蒸汽船,轮船,汽运

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a large commercial vessel, especially one driven by steam.

Examples

  • They got a steamship to give chase and caught up with the Pearl where it was anchored.

  • The conversation took place in the smoke-room of a steamship bound for Australia, and at least a dozen men were taking part in it.

  • We cannot watch the throbbing engines of a great steamship without seeing Jack at work among them.

  • As you said, I am only picking up a living here, and even the passage by your own second-class steamship line is expensive.

  • A few days later they embarked in the steamship Norseman, en route for England.

  • The Elder Dempster, Dominion and other large steamship companies trade at the port.