jumboizeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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jumbo +‎ -ize

動詞

jumboize (三人称単数 現在形 jumboizes, 現在分詞 jumboizing, 過去形および過去分詞形 jumboized)

1. (nautical, transitive) To lengthen (a ship) by replacing an existing section with a longer section or inserting an additional section.
   • 1945, Atlantic Refining Company, Annual Report, The Company:

     The replacement and enlargement of the entire cargo section, commonly called "jumboizing," of one of the smaller American-flag tankers, now under bareboat charter to the Company, was completed in September.

   • 1953, Minnesota. Legislature. Commission on Taxation of Iron Ore, Report Submitted to the Minnesota Legislature:

     This year the Great Lakes fleet will have four so-called "jumboized" ocean tanks with mid-body sections built in Europe and towed across the Atlantic Ocean and joined to salvaged bow and stern sections.

   • 2009, Kirk W. House, Around Hornell, Arcadia Publishing, page 114:

     Named for the river, the Canisteo was commissioned in 1945 and "jumboized" (increased in size かつ capacity) in 1967.

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