container ship
noun [ C ] (also containership) uk/kənˈteɪ.nə ˌʃɪp/ us/kənˈteɪ.nɚ ˌʃɪp/
集装箱运货船
a ship that is specially designed to transport containers (= large metal boxes containing goods)
Now there are more and larger container ships that can quickly move goods from continent to continent. 现在有越来越多的大型集装箱船可以快速地将货物从一个大陆运到另一个大陆。
It was the biggest containership I'd ever seen.
There are plans to build a large container ship terminal near the mouth of the river. 有计划在河口附近建造一个大型集装箱码头。
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- My favourite sight was when a container ship rolled in, bigger than a football field.
- The ships are bigger - many container ships are larger than the Titanic - but they sail with fewer people in the crew.
- Cargo would be unloaded onto heavy goods vehicles, trains, or container ships for the freshwater legs of the journeys.
- Shippers are increasingly using larger container ships that require deeper channels to manoeuvre to dockside destinations.
- A modern containership can carry more than a million gallons of fuel.