steerage

英 ['stɪərɪdʒ] 美 ['stɪrɪdʒ]

• n. 掌舵；指导；统舱；最低票价的舱位

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 驾驶
2. 统舱，大舱
3. 掌舵
4. 指导，指引
5. 管理
6. 操纵，领导
7. 【海】舵效（力）（船只对舵的反应）
8. 舵能
9. 驾驶装置
10. 船尾
11. 三等客舱
12. 下级军官室
13. 最低票价的舱位

英英释义

Noun:

1. the cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship

2. the act of steering a ship

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The ship went with easy steerage.
   这条船容易操舵。
2. He was re-elected for his miraculous steerage of the country through an economic disaster.
   他奇迹般地引导该国度过了一场经济灾难,因此再度当选。
3. They would have to go steerage on the ship, but it was only three days after all.
   他们在船上不得不住统舱，好在旅途只需三天。
4. I discharged one night cue to just buy the ticket of a piece of steerage.
   我排了一夜长队才买到一张统舱的票。
5. Passengers traveling in the steerage paid the lowest fares.
   坐下等客舱的旅客付最低的票价。

经典引文

• The carriages..[having] a draught-tree for steerage.

  出自： J. Smeaton

• The problems of..the steerage of such a body [sc. a balloon].

  出自：Quarterly Review

词汇搭配

• steerage gear 操纵齿轮,转向装置...
• steerage fin 导向板
• travel steerage 坐下等舱旅游...
• go with easy steerage 容易操纵
• go steerage 坐下等舱旅行...

近反义词

【近义词】

• third class 三等的
• bottom deck 底板
• tourist class 二等舱
• lower deck 下甲板
• steering 掌舵