Word
u-boat
潜艇；潜水艇
a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
- 1.
A narrow utility cart with tall handles on both ends that is used to carry loads of retail products to be sold, so named because its shape is roughly that of a capital U.
一种窄长的实用推车,两端有高把手,用于运送零售商品,因形状大致呈大写字母U而得名。
一种窄长的实用推车,两端有高把手,用于运送零售商品,因形状大致呈大写字母U而得名。；潜水艇
In use
The naval museum displays a U-boat that was captured in 1943.
A U-boat surfaced quietly near the island early in the morning.
The patrol plane reported two U-boats near the convoy.
a U-boat + verb
作主语时，常用被动语态。
A U-boat was sighted off the coast.
海岸外发现了一艘潜水艇。
verb + a U-boat
及物动词后接U-boat作宾语。
The destroyer sank a U-boat.
驱逐舰击沉了一艘潜水艇。
U-boat + noun
U-boat用作定语修饰名词。
U-boat warfare terrorized the Atlantic.
潜水艇战使大西洋陷入恐怖。
Common mistakes
The Japanese navy used U-boats during the war.The Japanese navy used submarines during the war.
“U-boat”特指二战期间德国的潜艇，而非泛指任何潜艇。
An U-boat was spotted near the coast.A U-boat was spotted near the coast.
“U-boat”以辅音音素/j/开头，因此不定冠词应用“a”而非“an”。
Connections
Confusing words
- submarine
- 潜水艇 · submarine泛指所有潜水艇，U-boat特指德国潜艇
- submersible
- 潜水器 · submersible是潜水器，通常较小且无人驾驶，而U-boat是载人潜艇
Word family
- u-boats
- plural
Learner notes
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.