privateer

🇬🇧/ˌpraɪvəˈtɪə(r)/ 🇺🇸/ˌpraɪvəˈtɪr/ 11
an armed, privately owned vessel commissioned for war service by a government (被政府征用的)武装民船

noun [专属名词]私掠船;武装民船;私掠船船长;私掠船船员

All but the privateer died in the shipwreck.
在这次海难中除私掠船船长外全船覆灭。

verb [vi. 不及物动词]vi. 私掠巡航

Several privateer often cruise near the entrance of the channel.
几只武装民船经常在这个海峡的进口附近巡航。

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