英语词汇“guard、boat”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

guard-boat

释义

guard-boat|ˈgɑːdbəʊt|
a. A boat appointed to row the rounds among the ships of war in a harbour, to observe that their officers keep a good look-out.
b. A boat employed by harbour authorities to enforce quarantine or custom-house regulations.
1696Lond. Gaz. No. 3078/2 The Guard Boat belonging to His Majesty's Garison of Tinmouth Castle.1758J. Blake Plan Mar. Syst. 4 By rowing round the ship, during the night, in a guard-boat, as is done by the officers of the customs with regard to homeward bound Indiamen.1772–84Cook Voy. (1790) I. 19 They attempted to go on shore, but were stopped by the guard-boat.1833H. Martineau Cinnamon & Pearls i. 2 The guard-boat might as well have been empty for any opposition that it offered to the approach of the raft.1878N. Amer. Rev. CXXVII. 384 To run the gauntlet of the guard-boats.

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