container ship

基本解釋

It is not just the biggest kind of container ship, but the biggest ship of any sort in service.
這不僅僅是全球最大的集裝箱船，同時(shí)也是提供各類(lèi)服務(wù)的最大船只。
Trucks and cranes spring into action as a 900-foot container ship docks at the Port of Oakland.
一艘900英尺的集裝箱貨船停泊到了奧克蘭港，卡車(chē)和吊車(chē)馬上投入了運(yùn)作。
But even if another vessel was involved, it's hard to explain how an alert captain or watch stander would not have spotted an approaching container ship in time to make an adequate mayday call.
即便真的有其他船只牽涉進(jìn)來(lái)，也很難解釋為什么一位警覺(jué)的船長(zhǎng)或值班人員都沒(méi)有及時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)這樣一艘正在靠近的集裝箱船并發(fā)出求救信號(hào)。

The container ship,Maersk Alabama, was sailing through the Gulf of Aden to the port of Mombasa,Kenya, on the east coast of Africa.

It was Ken Quinn, a second mate from the American container ship that was hijacked off Somalia in April.
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On Wednesday April 8th it was confirmed that Somali gunmen had hijacked an American-operated container ship, the 17, 500 tonne Maersk Alabama.
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For example, China's development of an anti-ship ballistic missile is designed to target U.S. aircraft carriers - not some commercial container ship.
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a ship that is specially designed to transport containers (= large metal boxes containing goods)

A container ship is a ship that is designed for carrying goods that are packed in large metal or wooden boxes.