galleon

名词 galleon:

1. a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries

1. Most modern yachts have a fore and aft rig, but the old galleons were squared-rigged.
   大多数现代化游艇配备的都是前后帆，而老式大帆船装的却是横帆。
2. The story of a galleon that sank at the start of her maiden voyage in1628 must be one of the strangest tales of the sea.
   在1628年，有一艘大帆船在处女航开始时就沉没了，这个沉船故事一定是最神奇的海上轶事之一。

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n.Nautical （名词）【航海】
A large three-masted sailing ship with a square rig and usually two or more decks, used from the 5th to 7th century especially by Spain as a merchant ship or warship.
大型横帆船：5世纪至7世纪所用的一种大型三桅帆船，通常有两层或更多的甲板，尤其被西班牙用作商船或战舰

来源：
Spanish galeon
西班牙语 galeon
from Old Spanish [augmentative of] galea [galley]
源自 古西班牙语 [] galea的增义成分 [单层甲板大帆船]
from Old French galie * see galley
源自 古法语 galie *参见 galley