| 词汇 | battleship |
| 释义 | battleship noun 1 a powerful and domineering woman. An extension of OLD BAT, playing on the physical similarities between an ironclad and a formidable woman US, 1931. 2 a railway coal tender US, 1946 battleshipA very large foot or shoe. Typically used in the plural. I bet that store doesn't have shoes big enough for your battleships! enough (something) to sink a (battle)shipReferring to a very large quantity of something. Over the years, we've accumulated enough Christmas decorations to sink a ship. Where are we going to put them all? enough to sink a shipAlso, enough to sink a battleship. A more than sufficient amount, as in They brought enough food to sink a ship. [Colloquial; mid-1900s] gunboatsand battleships n. big feet; big shoes. Get those battleships off my sofa! Hasn’t he got the biggest gunboats you ever saw? battleshipsverbSee gunboats |
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