homeport

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The port where a vessel is based (not necessarily the one where it is registered).
动词 v.
  1. To assign a vessel a port to act as its home.
    — The good news from the Ad Hoc Committee for a Safe Boston Harbor is the Navy has decided not to homeport the Iowa Battleship Task Force, complete with sea-launch cruise nukes, in Boston Harbor. The bad news from the Committee is the Navy has offered Boston two frigates armed with tactical nuclear weapons as a "booby prize."

词形变化

homeports plural home port alternative homeports present,singular,third-person homeporting participle,present homeported participle,past homeported past home port alternative

词源

词源 1
From home + port.
词源 2
From home + port.
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