Q-ship

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A merchant ship with concealed weaponry, designed to lure submarines into making surface attacks. historical
    — Q-ships were usually armed with one 4-inch and two 12-pounder guns. These were hidden behind hinged bulwarks, inside false superstructures and false deck cargoes, or under dummy lifeboats.

词形变化

Q-ships plural

词源

Short for Queenstown (now Cobh) in Ireland, the home port of the British Q-ships, when they were first implemented in World War I.
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