carrack
/kar-uhk/US // ˈkær ək //UK // (ˈkærək) //
车架,车棚,车箱,车厢
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a merchant vessel having various rigs, used especially by Mediterranean countries in the 15th and 16th centuries; galleon.
Examples
One carrack especially, commanded by Lawrence Foglietta resisted the attacks of seven English ships.
After waiting patiently for some weeks, another still larger carrack, called the Madre de Dios hove in sight.
The carrack, which was brought home in safety, was larger than any man-of-war or merchantman belonging to England.
They sent a little carrack further down, and it had to come back because the water fell to boiling!
She caught fire from a large French carrack, called the Marie la Cordelière, which she was attacking.
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