fireship

俗語卑語

(nautical) A sailing ship that has been set alight and left to drift into an opposing fleet. Famously used by Englishman Sir Francis Drake when fighting the Spanish Armada of 1588.

日本語の意味

敵艦隊に突入させるため、あえて火をつけ漂流させられる帆船。特に1588年のスペイン無敵艦隊との戦いで、フランシス・ドレイクが使用した戦術である。

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夜襲の際、提督は一隻の古い商船を火船に仕立て、停泊中の敵艦隊の中へ流れ込ませるよう命じた。

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(nautical) A sailing ship that has been set alight and left to drift into an opposing fleet. Famously used by Englishman Sir Francis Drake when fighting the Spanish Armada of 1588.

His attempt in 208 to cross the Yangtse was frustrated in the famous battle of Ch'ih-pi, in which his immense fleet was destroyed by his enemies' fireships, and most of his army slain.

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(vulgar, slang) A diseased prostitute.

fireships

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