名複: vessels
n.[C]
- 船,艦
- 飛船,飛機(尤指水上飛機)
- 容器,器皿
- 血管,脈管
- 【植】導管
辨析
以上來源於:《英漢大辭典》
n.
- a ship or large boat.
- a hollow container used to hold liquid.
- Anatomy & Zoology a duct or canal conveying blood or other fluid. ▸Botany any of the tubular structures in the vascular system of a plant, serving to conduct water and nutrients from the root.
- (in or after biblical use) a person regarded as embodying a particular quality:
Etymology
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. vessel(e), from late L. vascellum, dimin. of vas ‘vessel’.
以上來源於:《簡明牛津英語詞典》
Vessel或vessels解作船舶、容器、器皿、管、導管或血管,亦可以指: