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		Definition of battleship in English: battleshipnoun ˈbat(ə)lʃɪpˈbædlˌʃɪp A heavy warship of a type built chiefly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with extensive armour protection and large-calibre guns. (19世纪末20世纪初建造的装甲面广,配有大口径火炮的)战列舰 Example sentencesExamples -  The Navy had arrived with impressive looking warships and battleships, armed to the teeth with many a cannon and gun.
 -  Admiral Kondo's main force of two battleships and six heavy cruisers followed soon after.
 -  If the Americans lost a capital ship (a battleship or aircraft carrier) it was simply a loss.
 -  He saw future naval confrontations whereby the battleships and cruisers of a fleet would protect the carriers.
 -  The grim battle in the twilight of the Arctic Circle was the last time men of the Royal Navy faced the enemy in a battleship.
 -  The limits were not on ‘naval forces’, as Chomsky states, but on battleships and aircraft carriers.
 -  Divers are expected to return to the wreck site later this year to check on the oil which still leaks from the battleship.
 -  These include the battlecruisers HMS Hood, HMS Repulse and the battleship HMS Prince of Wales.
 -  Unlike aboard a frigate, the men aboard the Navy's battleships and cruisers felt nothing during transit.
 -  Thus, the U.S. Navy had carried battleships on its rosters for little more than a century.
 -  Admiral Yoshikawa pointed out that the first Kashima in the Japanese navy was a battleship built by Armstrong on the Tyne in 1906.
 -  Both vessels were built in England, albeit 136 years apart, and both were designated first class battleships.
 -  Only current Italian battleships, also designed for near seas, had such limited autonomy.
 -  This is a legacy of the Second World War, in which the aircraft carrier replaced the battleship as the capital ship of fleets.
 -  A few minutes earlier, USS battleship Nevada and other ships opened fire on Utah.
 -  The battleships and destroyers following HMS Fearless arrived on the scene at a speed of 21 knots.
 -  The irony is that British submarines did not really have the potential to sink battleships as their armour was simply too great.
 -  Two battleships packed with Marines lurk offshore.
 -  Each battle group was protected by battleships and cruisers.
 -  Wind has disrupted the advance of great warships like battleships and aircraft carriers.
 
 
 OriginLate 18th century: shortening of line-of-battle ship, originally with reference to the largest wooden warships.    Definition of battleship in US English: battleshipnounˈbædlˌʃɪpˈbadlˌSHip A heavy warship of a type built chiefly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with extensive armor and large-caliber guns. (19世纪末20世纪初建造的装甲面广,配有大口径火炮的)战列舰 Example sentencesExamples -  Unlike aboard a frigate, the men aboard the Navy's battleships and cruisers felt nothing during transit.
 -  He saw future naval confrontations whereby the battleships and cruisers of a fleet would protect the carriers.
 -  This is a legacy of the Second World War, in which the aircraft carrier replaced the battleship as the capital ship of fleets.
 -  The grim battle in the twilight of the Arctic Circle was the last time men of the Royal Navy faced the enemy in a battleship.
 -  The irony is that British submarines did not really have the potential to sink battleships as their armour was simply too great.
 -  Divers are expected to return to the wreck site later this year to check on the oil which still leaks from the battleship.
 -  Admiral Kondo's main force of two battleships and six heavy cruisers followed soon after.
 -  The Navy had arrived with impressive looking warships and battleships, armed to the teeth with many a cannon and gun.
 -  The limits were not on ‘naval forces’, as Chomsky states, but on battleships and aircraft carriers.
 -  Two battleships packed with Marines lurk offshore.
 -  Each battle group was protected by battleships and cruisers.
 -  Wind has disrupted the advance of great warships like battleships and aircraft carriers.
 -  These include the battlecruisers HMS Hood, HMS Repulse and the battleship HMS Prince of Wales.
 -  The battleships and destroyers following HMS Fearless arrived on the scene at a speed of 21 knots.
 -  Both vessels were built in England, albeit 136 years apart, and both were designated first class battleships.
 -  Thus, the U.S. Navy had carried battleships on its rosters for little more than a century.
 -  Admiral Yoshikawa pointed out that the first Kashima in the Japanese navy was a battleship built by Armstrong on the Tyne in 1906.
 -  Only current Italian battleships, also designed for near seas, had such limited autonomy.
 -  If the Americans lost a capital ship (a battleship or aircraft carrier) it was simply a loss.
 -  A few minutes earlier, USS battleship Nevada and other ships opened fire on Utah.
 
 
 OriginLate 18th century: shortening of line-of-battle ship, originally with reference to the largest wooden warships.     |