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slipway

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Water
slip·way /ˈslɪpweɪ/ noun [countable]  TTWa sloping track that is used for moving boats into or out of the water 〔船的〕下水滑道,滑台,船台
Examples from the Corpus
slipwayWhen canal boats are taken out of the water for repairs they are winched sideways up a slipway.The current slipway is beyond economic repair and a new structure is the only solution.At Angle in Pembrokeshire the first new slipway and boathouse to be built for 31 years is to be constructed.Ships first began thundering down the yard's slipway into the Mersey in 1828.Shadows wavered backwards through the green railings and down on to the sunken slipway leading to the chain-ferry.I even heard one of them claiming to have booked the slipway.The Clyde was alive with effort, delivering an unending tide of steel down the slipways and into the Clyde.The gangplank that linked the slipway to the boat shifted to and fro with a grating sound.
slip·way nounChineseSyllable
track is Corpus a that used for sloping


slipway
slipway /ˈslɪpweɪ/ noun [countable]
a sloping track that is used for moving boats into or out of the water


slip·wayBrE /ˈslɪpweɪ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈslɪpweɪ/ 🔊 nouna sloping track leading down to water, on which ships are built or pulled up out of the water for repairs, or from which they are launched (造船或修船的)船台,滑台,滑道