vessel: [13] Latin vascellum meant ‘small dish or utensil’. It was a diminutive form of vas ‘dish, vessel’ (source of English vase). It passed into English via Old French vaissel and Anglo- Norman vessel, on the way acquiring the additional meaning ‘ship’. => vase
vessel (n.)
c. 1300, "container," from Old French vessel "container, receptacle, barrel; ship" (12c., Modern French vaisseau) from Late Latin vascellum "small vase or urn," also "a ship," alteration of Latin vasculum, diminutive of vas "vessel." Sense of "ship, boat" is found in English from early 14c. "The association between hollow utensils and boats appears in all languages" [Weekley]. Meaning "canal or duct of the body" (especially for carrying blood) is attested from late 14c.
雙語例句
1. A fishing vessel and a cargo ship collided in rough seas.
一艘捕魚船和一艘貨船在波濤洶湧的海上相撞了。
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2. He loaded his vessel with another cargo and set sail.
他給自己的船裝上另一批貨後便啟航了。
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3. A plane with Danish markings was over-flying his vessel.
一架帶有丹麥標記的飛機從他的船上空飛過。
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4. More and more frequently the vessel lurched into a sudden roll.
船不時會猛烈搖晃一下，而且越來越頻繁。
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5. The British navy boarded the vessel and towed it to New York.