shallop
/shal-uhp/US // ˈʃæl əp //UK // (ˈʃæləp) //
浅滩,浅谈,浅滩滩,浅滩区
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any of various vessels formerly used for sailing or rowing in shallow waters, especially a two-masted, gaff-rigged vessel of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Examples
Several weeks were required for repairing the colonists' shallop, which was a means of more delay in the already very late season.
He felt that his frail shallop would never live through one.
No spirit-shallop has yet been found to float us across the gulf, say rather the invisible line, that separates soul from soul.
Tucker was provided with a well-armed shallop and absolute authority to check all ships arriving.
The forts and men-of-war were safely passed, and the little shallop tossed upon the gleaming wavelets of the English channel.
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