"battleship," literally "fearing nothing," from dread (v.) + nought (n.). Mentioned as the name of a ship in the Royal Navy c. 1596, but modern sense is from the name of the first of a new class of British battleships, based on the "all big-gun" principle (armed with 10 big guns rather than 4 large guns and a battery of smaller ones), launched Feb. 18, 1906.
双语例句
1. The 14 - inch torpedo has no hope of crippling a modern dreadnought.
355毫米鱼雷不能重创一艘先进的无畏战舰.
来自辞典例句
2. But this quickly got out of control and dreadnought CASE tools were born.
但是,这很快就乱了套,各种重磅炸弹似的CASE工具迎面而来.
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英英释意
1. battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber
实用场景例句
The 14 - inch torpedo has no hope of crippling a modern dreadnought.