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词汇 navy
释义 navy
noun
uk /ˈneɪ.vi/ us /ˈneɪ.vi/

navynoun (SEA FORCE)


B2[ S, + sing/pl verb ]
the part of a country's armed forces that is trained to operate at sea: 海军
My brother is an officer in the Navy.我兄弟是海军军官。
Gabriel joined the navy in 1997.加布里埃尔于1997年加入海军。
a navy ship/vessel军舰
They both enlisted in the navy a year before the war broke out.他们两个人都是在战争爆发前一年加入(海军)的。
My grandfather used to reminisce about his years in the navy.我祖父过去常回忆起他当海军时的岁月。
The navy plans to move its Tridents.海军计划调动其三叉戟潜艇。
The U.S. Navy entered combat in South Vietnam in 1964.
The navy's largest ship was destroyed in the attack.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

The Navy
admiralty
aircraft carrier
armada
battleship
broadside
cruiser
destroyer
gunboat
HMS
minesweeper
naval
pocket battleship
RFA
RN
seaborne
the Navy Seals
the USN
transport ship
troopship
U-boat

navynoun (COLOUR)


B1[ U ](alsonavy blue)
dark blue深蓝色(的),海军蓝(的)
 
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Less common colours
apple green
argent
ashy
avocado
baby blue
carmine
cerise
dun
emerald
indigo
peacock blue
puce
racing green
ruddily
rust
salmon pink
sanguine
shocking pink
sky blue
verdure
navy
adjective
uk /ˈneɪ.vi/ us /ˈneɪ.vi/(alsonavy blue)
dark blue: 深蓝色(的),海军蓝(的)
He was wearing a navy sweater.他穿着一件深蓝色的毛线衣。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Less common colours
apple green
argent
ashy
avocado
baby blue
carmine
cerise
dun
emerald
indigo
peacock blue
puce
racing green
ruddily
rust
salmon pink
sanguine
shocking pink
sky blue
verdure

navy | American Dictionary


navy
noun[ C ]
us/ˈneɪ·vi/
the part of a country’s armed forces that is trained to operate at sea

Examples of navy


navy
Like eighteenth-century armies the navies of the period benefited from a certain amount of technical progress, but progress of a limited and evolutionary kind.
Most eighteenth-century navies, like the armies of the period, were recruited by a mixture of inducements and compulsion.
In contrast, armies and navies rely on discipline and secrecy.
As in the past, their navies were prime instruments in demonstrating power.
The navies were important symbols.
The social organization of shore-based sealing crews was an extension of the social organisation and power structures to be found in the merchant navies of the two key players.
In just over two weeks, forces under the command of two naval officers had infused the navy's long-standing rhetoric of southern advance with substantial territorial gains.
The navy then had to be present, prepared, and superior.
At another level, two other figures appeared to provide the strategic and political rationale for the new navy.
There was a secretary for war and navy, but none for economy, sanitation or internal peace.
The writ of habeas corpus was used in relation to persons press-ganged into the navy, or in disputes over apprenticeship terms.
You see there is a pretense this is just a naval station and you never know which is the pretense: spaceship or navy.
First, the military lacked the coherence for a successful military coup because the navy opposed it.
A second researcher was dressed as a mail carrier outfitted with a blue-collared shirt, and a navy blue shoulder bag for parcels.
Also, an expanding navy would require coaling stations and bases in distant lands.
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Collocations withnavy


navy

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dark navy
Trousers are usually black or darknavy blue.
From
Wikipedia

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navy diver
Initial training is an arduous 8-10 month process from when someone enters boot camp until they are rated as a navydiver.
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Wikipedia

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navy officer
Sometimes a merchant navyofficer takes on face value what he is receiving and it may turn out to be something competely different.
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Hansard archive

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