| 词汇 | in-ballast |
| 释义 | in ballastidiom sailing specialized (of a ship) not carrying any cargo(= goods), but with containers filled with sea water to add weight: vessels arriving at the port laden or in ballast The ship rounded the Horn into the Pacific, bound for Valparaiso in ballast. Sailing & boating age of sail aweigh bargee bargeman bear away maritime navigable outsail passage portage rafter rafting re-rig sail sailing sea legs seafaring seamanship shipboard under sailidiom Examples of in ballastin ballast It is not the case that ships are sent out inballast when suitable cargoes are available. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is better that we should take out goods to where they can be used than that ships should go out inballast. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us make sure that some products that we have available go back in the same ships, instead of sending the ships back inballast. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that either of these arguments conforms to the usual practice throughout the world, particularly in the case of ships inballast. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, it is necessary to open the valves in order to take inballast. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You have got to send your ships inballast to fetch it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is true that the vessels may be inballast at the time, but they are still capable of causing considerable pollution. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All the above figures are exclusive of vessels inballast. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Everyone knows the danger of sending ships out inballast at certain times of the year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My sixth suggestion is that in no case should a ship be sent away inballast. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Since these will normally be inballast, the scheme says, there will not be so much danger from pollution if there is a breakdown. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They often go one way inballast, returning with cargo, or vice versa. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was plenty of time, but they were not prepared to go out inballast to lift these cargoes at a loss. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One trouble is that half our steamers are going out inballast because they cannot get the necessary cargoes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A ship comes in with a cargo of 30,000 or 40,000 tons of oil and will go out inballast and does not pay. 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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