pinnace

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A light boat, traditionally propelled by sails, but sometimes a rowboat, and usually serving to carry messages among the larger ships of a fleet.
    — I cast my eyes to the ship, and there she rode, within little more than half a mile of the shore; for they had weighed her anchor as soon as they were masters of her, and, the weather being fair, had brought her to an anchor just against the mouth of the little creek; and the tide being up, the captain had brought the pinnace in ...

词形变化

pinnaces plural

词源

From Middle French pinasse, from Spanish pinaza, from pino (“pine”) + -aza.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary