Word · Frequency #20784
shipwrecks
遇难船；失事船只；残骸
shipwrecks is the plural of shipwreck.
a ship that has been wrecked, or a part of one
指失事的船只或其残骸，不指海难事件。
- 1.
A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy; a ruined vessel or its remains.
沉没或搁浅而失去适航性的船；失事船只或其残骸。
- 2.
a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
失事船只；沉船残骸
- 3.
An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.
船只沉没或搁浅的事件。
- 4.
an irretrievable loss
不可挽回的损失
- 5.
Destruction; disaster; failure; ruin; irretrievable loss.
毁灭；灾难；失败；毁坏；不可挽回的损失。
- 6.
an accident that destroys a ship at sea
海难；船只失事
沉没或搁浅而失去适航性的船；失事船只或其残骸。；失事船只；沉船残骸；船只沉没或搁浅的事件。；不可挽回的损失；毁灭；灾难；失败；毁坏；不可挽回的损失。
In use
The divers explored an old shipwreck near the coast.
The museum displays pieces of a Roman shipwreck found in the Mediterranean.
After the storm, fishermen spotted a shipwreck on the rocks.
that was the shipwreck of their romance
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。
shipwrecks
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。
the shipwreck of sth
Connections
Collocations
- survive a shipwreck
- 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。
- discover a shipwreck
- 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。
- a shipwreck survivor
- 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。
- a shipwreck site
- 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。
- the cause of the shipwreck
- 海难的原因
- The cause of the shipwreck remains unknown.海难的原因仍然不明。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
ship（船）撞上暗礁，变成wreck（残骸）——shipwreck就是遇难船。
Context & Register
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。
Grammar Note
指一艘失事的船或其残骸，有复数形式 shipwrecks。
Pronunciation & Spelling
In 'shipwreck', the stress falls on 'ship' (/ʃɪp/), so 'chip', 'dip', and 'lip' rhyme with that syllable. 'Wreck', 'deck', and 'check' end with the same spelling pattern as '-wreck', but they sound different from the whole word because '-wreck' is not stressed.
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。
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