Galley



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 船上的厨房
• ［英］ n. 船上的厨房 ( the kitchen of a ship, boat, or airplane)
• ［类］ galley : ship / kitchen : house ( 船上的厨房在船上 / 房内的厨房在房内)
• ［记］ 原指奴隶船, 引申为船上的厨房, 注意不要和gallery ( 走廊, 画廊) 相混

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural galleys)

• Etymology: Middle English galeie, from Anglo-French galie, galee, ultimately from Middle Greek galea
• Date: 13th century
• 1. a ship or boat propelled solely or chiefly by oars: as
  • a. a long low ship used for war and trading especially in the Mediterranean Sea from the Middle Ages to the 19th century; also galleass
  • b. a warship of classical antiquity — compare bireme, trireme
  • c. a large open boat (as a gig) formerly used in England
• 2. the kitchen and cooking apparatus especially of a ship or airplane
• 3.
  • a. an oblong tray to hold especially a single column of set type
  • b. a proof of typeset matter especially in a single column before being made into pages

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