| 词汇 | flotilla |
| 释义 | flotilla noun[ C ] uk /fləˈtɪl.ə/ us /fləˈtɪl.ə/ a large group of boats or small ships船队；小型舰队 See also fleetnoun(SHIPS) Samantha Nicol Art Photography/Moment Open/GettyImages Boats in general admiralty beamy craft excisable fleet maritime nautical nautically ocean-going seagoing shipping vessel At one time quite a flotilla of boats lay around us, looking very pretty with all their flags flying. Here, a flotilla of canoes lay concealed where he had been hunting wild-fowl but a few hours before. In this engagement, the best schooner belonging to the American flotilla was burnt, and a gondola was sunk. One night we had lain with our flotilla on the Virginia coast. When the races were over, the yachts were towed back to the city by a large steamer, escorted by a whole flotilla of every kind of craft loaded with sightseers. flotilla | American Dictionaryflotilla noun[ C ] us/floʊˈtɪl·ə/ a large group of boats or small ships, esp. military ships Examples of flotillaflotilla After they had lain hove-to for 14 hours, the wind slackened, the seas became less violent, and the small flotilla got under way again. In three days two flotillas of destroyers burn nearly 5,000 tons of oil. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One flotilla leader and eight destroyers have been sent out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it not obvious that we shall again need, for anti-submarine duties, our already overworked flotillas of destroyers? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are forming a seventh flotilla of twenty destroyers this year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There will be only 65 flotilla leaders and destroyers, amounting to 90,000 tons, within the age limit at the end of 1936. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In war the real work of trade protection has always been primarily carried out by small cruising ships and flotillas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My opinion is that your commerce protecting flotilla will really become death traps for gallant lives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The charts are the end product of a well-organised chain of events which begins at sea with the work of the surveying flotilla. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is his estimate of the likely annual cost to the national health service of the flotilla of pen pushers that he proposes to create? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am told that this flotilla is designed specifically for that purpose. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are those flotillas still at flotilla strength, or have any of them been brought home? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I said that there would be an average of one flotilla a year over the whole period. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was asked by a foreign naval attache to tell him the strength and numbers of the destroyer flotillas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Active submarine training is being carried out by these flotillas and each has very modern and fine submarines. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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