steamship是什么意思？

steamship

英[ˈsti:mʃɪp] 美[ˈstimˌʃɪp]

• n. 汽船，大轮船；

复数：steamships;

例句

• He telephoned the steamship office to find out what time the steamer is due. 他打电话到轮船公司办公室询问轮船何时到达。
• It was so foggy that the steamship almost ran down a small boat leaving the port. 雾很大,汽艇差点把一只正在离港的小船撞沉.
• The steamship veered around for the port. 轮船掉头返航.
• The return may be made on the same steamship. 可乘同一艘汽船当天回来.

英语四级真题

Steamships captured the North Atlantic passenger business from sail in the 1840s because of its much greater speed.
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But steamships didn't lose their sails until the 1880s, because early marine engines had a nasty habit of breaking down
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  汽船;轮船
  A steamship is a ship that has an engine powered by steam.

英汉词典释义

• n.
  汽船,大轮船
  The return may be made on the same steamship. 可乘同一艘汽船当天回来。 It was so foggy that the steamship almost ran down a small boat leaving the port. 雾很大,汽艇差点把一只正在离港的小船撞沉。 He telephoned the steamship office to find out what time the steamer is due. 他打电话到轮船公司办公室询问轮船何时到达。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a ship powered by one or more steam engines