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.
实用例句
1. A fishing vessel and a cargo ship collided in rough seas.
一艘捕鱼船和一艘货船在波涛汹涌的海上相撞了。
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2. He loaded his vessel with another cargo and set sail.
他给自己的船装上另一批货后便启航了。
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3. A plane with Danish markings was over-flying his vessel.
一架带有丹麦标记的飞机从他的船上空飞过。
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4. More and more frequently the vessel lurched into a sudden roll.
船不时会猛烈摇晃一下，而且越来越频繁。
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5. The British navy boarded the vessel and towed it to New York.
