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a shipwreck
shipwreck 是可数名词，指具体的一艘失事船只或残骸。
Divers found a shipwreck off the coast.
潜水员在海岸附近发现了一艘遇难船。
遇难船；失事船只；残骸
shipwrecks — plural of shipwreck
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
遇难船；失事船只；残骸
a ship that has been wrecked, or a part of one
Divers found a shipwreck off the coast.
潜水员在海岸附近发现了一艘遇难船。
指失事的船只或其残骸，不指海难事件。
沉没或搁浅而失去适航性的船；失事船只或其残骸。
A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy; a ruined vessel or its remains.
失事船只；沉船残骸
a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
船只沉没或搁浅的事件。
An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.
不可挽回的损失
an irretrievable loss
The divers explored an old shipwreck near the coast.
潜水员们在海岸附近探索了一艘古老的失事船只。
AI contextual example
The museum displays pieces of a Roman shipwreck found in the Mediterranean.
博物馆展出了在地中海发现的一艘罗马沉船的碎片。
AI contextual example
After the storm, fishermen spotted a shipwreck on the rocks.
暴风雨过后，渔民们发现岩石上有一艘失事船只。
AI contextual example
that was the shipwreck of their romance
那就是他们爱情的破灭
WordNet
shipwreck 是可数名词，指具体的一艘失事船只或残骸。
Divers found a shipwreck off the coast.
潜水员在海岸附近发现了一艘遇难船。
复数形式直接加 -s，用于指多艘失事船只。
The museum displays shipwrecks from the 18th century.
博物馆展出十八世纪的失事船只。
这里的 shipwreck 指沉船事件（可数名词），后接 of 说明涉及的具体船只。
The shipwreck of the Titanic remains a famous story.
泰坦尼克号的沉没仍是一个著名的故事。
Not this
They found shipwreck near the island.
Use this
They found a shipwreck near the island.
这里 shipwreck 指“失事船只/残骸”，是可数名词，单数形式前需要加冠词 a/an。去掉冠词会变成不可数或抽象用法，不符合“找到一艘失事船”的意思。
Not this
There are many shipwreck in this area.
Use this
There are many shipwrecks in this area.
shipwreck 是可数名词，与 many 搭配时必须用复数形式 shipwrecks。漏掉 -s 会导致名词的数量和句子表达不一致。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
在海难中生还
The captain survived a shipwreck in 1998.
船长在1998年的海难中生还了。
发现沉船
Scientists discovered a shipwreck near the island.
科学家们在该岛附近发现了一艘沉船。
海难幸存者
The shipwreck survivor spent two days on a lifeboat.
这名海难幸存者在救生艇上度过了两天。
沉船地点
The shipwreck site has become a popular diving spot.
沉船地点已成为热门潜水点。
海难的原因
The cause of the shipwreck remains unknown.
海难的原因仍然不明。
毁掉；使…失败
His gambling made a shipwreck of their marriage.
他的赌博毁掉了他们的婚姻。
某人希望的破灭
The failed expedition was the shipwreck of all their hopes.
这次失败的探险使他们所有的希望都破灭了。
破灭；遭到毁灭
Their plans were shipwrecked by the sudden storm.
突如其来的暴风雨使他们的计划破灭了。
Use shipwrecks naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
ship（船）撞上暗礁，变成wreck（残骸）——shipwreck就是遇难船。
语域：neutral 常见场景：新闻报道、历史叙述、海事文献 作名词时，shipwreck 通常用于新闻、历史叙述或海事相关表达，指失事船只或残骸；日常口语中更常见的是 wreck。
指一艘失事的船或其残骸，有复数形式 shipwrecks。
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