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galleon

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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gal·le·on /ˈɡæliən/ noun [countable]  SHTTWa sailing ship used mainly by the Spanish from the 15th to the 17th century 1517世纪主要为西班牙人所用的〕帆船
Examples from the Corpus
galleonGalleons, I believe ... yes, galleons in full sail ... on the hanging bits.The great wooden chalet creaked and resonated like a galleon in full sail.Spine like the mast on a galleon.Granny was a galleon in the queue of our boys, glowing and clucking.A bus sailed by like a ghostly galleon.Then the vessels were full-sized galleons, carefully prepared for the trip which usually took six months.Was Sylvian still out there, floating with the galleons and flotsam?Bad weather accounted for most of the losses thirty galleons lost in 250 years.
Origin galleon (1500-1600) Old Spanish galeón, from Old French galie; → GALLEY
gal·le·on nounChineseSyllable
ship sailing Spanish a the Corpus mainly from by used


galleon
galleon /ˈɡæliən/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Old Spanish
 Origin: galeón, from Old French galie; galley
a sailing ship used mainly by the Spanish from the 15th to the 17th century


gal·leonBrE /ˈɡæliən/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡæliən/ 🔊 nouna large Spanish sailing ship, used between the 15th and the 17th centuries (15–17 世纪使用的)西班牙大帆船