man-of-war
短语n. 军舰
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词形变化
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释义与例句
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1.
A man whose occupation is fighting in wars; a soldier, a warrior.
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2.
A powerful armed naval vessel, primarily one armed with cannon and propelled by sails; a warship.
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军舰
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3.
A powerful armed naval vessel, primarily one armed with cannon and propelled by sails; a warship.
In full man-of-war's-man: a sailor serving on board an armed naval vessel.
历史 废旧 罕用 政治 军事 航海 交通 -
4.
Senses relating to animals.
Ellipsis of man-of-war bird or (obsolete) man-of-war hawk (“any of a number of seabirds, especially one which attacks other seabirds to take their food”).
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Senses relating to animals.
Ellipsis of man-of-war bird or (obsolete) man-of-war hawk (“any of a number of seabirds, especially one which attacks other seabirds to take their food”).
A frigatebird (family Fregatidae), especially the magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens).
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6.
Senses relating to animals.
Ellipsis of man-of-war bird or (obsolete) man-of-war hawk (“any of a number of seabirds, especially one which attacks other seabirds to take their food”).
The Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus).
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Senses relating to animals.
Ellipsis of Portuguese man-of-war (“Physalia physalis, a jellyfish-like marine cnidarian consisting of a floating colony of hydrozoans attached to a float”).
词汇关系
词源
From Late Middle English man of wer, man of werre (“fighting man, soldier”). It has been suggested that sense 2 (“powerful armed naval vessel”) derives from the fact that such vessels were manned by men-of-war (“soldiers”; sense 1).
来源：wiktionary