steamships是什么意思？

steamships

• n. 汽船，大轮船( steamship的名词复数 )；

例句

• Berths on steamships can be booked a long while in advance. 轮船上的床位可以提前多日预订.
• The sailing ships were superseded by the steamships. 帆船已被汽船所取代.
• Before they were replaced by steamships, sailing vessels like Cutty sark were used to carry tea from China and wool from Australia. 大帆船被轮船代替之前, 象卡蒂萨克号这样的大帆船是用来从中国载运茶叶,从澳大利亚载运羊毛的.

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.