English Dictionary

battlecruiser

名詞

コックニー 俗語

(military, nautical) A fast warship with thicker armor and heavier guns than a typical cruiser, but with armor, armament, or both still inferior to that of a dreadnought battleship; designed to act as an advanced scout of the battle fleet and to destroy enemy cruisers.

日本語の意味

従来の巡洋艦より厚い装甲と重い砲塔を備えた、高速で運用される軍艦。ただし、戦艦に比べると装甲や兵装は劣る。 / 戦艦群の先行偵察や敵巡洋艦の撃破を目的として設計された艦艇。

The aging battlecruiser steamed into the harbor, its guns still capable of deterring a squadron of modern destroyers.

老朽化した巡洋戦艦が港に入ってきて、その砲は今でも現代の駆逐艦群を牽制するに足る威力を保っていた。

意味（1）

(military, nautical) A fast warship with thicker armor and heavier guns than a typical cruiser, but with armor, armament, or both still inferior to that of a dreadnought battleship; designed to act as an advanced scout of the battle fleet and to destroy enemy cruisers.

意味（2）

(fiction) A warship of intermediate size and/or capability between a heavy cruiser and a (light) battleship.

意味（3）

(Cockney rhyming slang) A boozer; a public house.

So he'd effectively had to learn a new language; no longer would he order a pint at the 'battle cruiser' […]

battlecruisers （ plural ）