英和和英

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈɡʌnˌboʊt/

名詞

gunboat (plural gunboats)

1. (nautical) Any of the various types of small armed vessels.
   • 2013 August 14, Simon Jenkins, “Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history”, in The Guardian‎, archived from the original on 22 April 2021:

     Nothing beats a gunboat. HMS Illustrious glided out of Portsmouth on Monday, past HMS Victory and cheering crowds of patriots. Within a week it will be off Gibraltar, a mere cannon shot from Cape Trafalgar.

   • 2016 February 2, Bill Wurtz, 4:45 from the start, in history of japan‎:

     Knock knock. It's the United States. With huge boats (with guns); gunboats.

上位語

• warship

派生語

• gunboat diplomacy
• gunboater
• gunboat war, Gunboat War

参考

• cutter
• monitor
• mortar barge
• patrol boat
• torpedo boat

Further reading

• “gunboat n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present.

アナグラム

• bang out