navy

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈneɪvi/|/ˈnɛjvɪj/    美 /ˈneɪvi/|/ˈnæɪvi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A country's entire maritime military force, including ships and personnel. countable
    — The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.
  2. A governmental department in charge of a country's maritime military force. countable
  3. Any fleet of maritime vessels, and especially the entire fleet of any particular nationality, including vessels that are commercial, military, or both. archaic,countable
  4. A dark blue colour, usually called navy blue. countable,uncountable
形容词 adj.
  1. Having the dark blue colour of navy blue.
    — The cover is as navy as a bruise.
  2. Belonging to the navy; typical of the navy.
    — […] there are chess ships and checker ships and those where acey-deucey is almost the only game, the sailors' own improved version of backgammon. Fliers from the seacoast of Iowa, anxious to be as navy as the rest, are usually the first to pick it up.

词形变化

navies plural more navy comparative most navy superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
antinavy internavy navarch navyish navyless navyspeak pronavy
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词源

词源 1
From Middle English nave, navye, from Anglo-Norman, Old French navie, from Latin nāvigia < nāvigium, from Latin nāvigō, nāvis (“boat”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us. Compare Ancient Greek ναῦς (naûs, “ship”), Persian ناو (nâv, “boat, warship”), Sanskrit नाव (nāva, “ship”), Old English nōwend (“mariner, sailor”). By surface analysis, Latin nav- + -y.
Displaced native Old English sċiphere (literally “ship army”).
词源 2
From Middle English nave, navye, from Anglo-Norman, Old French navie, from Latin nāvigia < nāvigium, from Latin nāvigō, nāvis (“boat”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us. Compare Ancient Greek ναῦς (naûs, “ship”), Persian ناو (nâv, “boat, warship”), Sanskrit नाव (nāva, “ship”), Old English nōwend (“mariner, sailor”). By surface analysis, Latin nav- + -y.
Displaced native Old English sċiphere (literally “ship army”).
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