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schooner

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Water
schoo·ner /ˈskuːnə $ -ər/ noun [countable]  TTWa fast sailing ship with two sails 双桅纵帆船,斯库纳帆船
Examples from the Corpus
schoonerWilliam was given command of a schooner and spent the next 6 years trading on Lake Erie.Windjammer Barefoot Cruises lets you take the wheel on a schooner once owned by Aristotle Onassis.You could buy a glass of beer for 5 cents, or a schooner for a dime at the Reno.A schooner of sherry will help you feel merry.Foaming schooners, free lunch, fish fry Fridays, poker in the back room, arguments settled in the alley.For weeks before Obon, each community builds its own large model of a sailing schooner.My room was on the landward side of Chapuis, so in any case I could not have watched the schooner depart.
schoo·ner nounChineseSyllable
with sails sailing Corpus a ship fast two


schooner
schooner /ˈskuːnə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
a fast sailing ship with two sails


schoonerBrE /ˈskuːnə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈskuːnər/ 🔊 nouna sailing ship with two or more masts (= posts that support the sails) (双桅或多桅)纵帆船a tall glass for sherry or beer 雪利酒杯;大啤酒杯