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vessel

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n.船,容器,器皿,脉管,导管

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vessel


/'vesl; `vɛsl/
n
1 (fml 文) ship or boat, esp a large one 船(尤指大船); 舰
*ocean-going vessels 远洋轮船
* cargo vessels 货轮. Cf 参看 craft 2.
2 (fml 文) any hollow container, esp one used for holding liquids, eg a cask, bowl, bottle or cup 容器, 器皿(尤指盛液体的, 如桶、碗、瓶、杯).
3 tube-like structure in the body of an animal or a plant, conveying or holding blood or other fluid (动植物体内用以输送血液或其他液体的)管状结构; 血管; 脉管; 导管
*blood-vessels 血管.

vessel


n[C]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: vaissel, from Late Latin vascellum, from Latin vas; VASE]
formal a ship or large boat
 a fishing vessel
technical a vein in your body
 a burst blood vessel
old use a container for holding liquids
1. They shipped out in that sailing vessel.
    他们在那条帆船上当了船员。

2. His answer was to lift the vessel out of the water by making it ride on a cushion of air, no more than one or two feet thick. This is done by a great number of ring-shaped air jets on the bottom of the craft.
    他的解决办法是把船体提离水面,让船在一个气垫上行驶,气垫只有一两英尺厚。船底装上大量环状喷气嘴以实现这一目的。

3. Which may keep company with the vessel for an hour without visible or more than occasional movement of wing.
    它们随船飞行一小时也难得见其扇动一下翅膀。

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