steerage

英 [ˈstɪərɪdʒ]

美 [ˈstɪrɪdʒ]

n.  (旧时客轮的)统舱，大舱

BNC.40236 / COCA.30317

牛津词典

noun

• （旧时客轮的）统舱，大舱
  (in the past) the part of a ship where passengers with the cheapest tickets used to travel

英英释义

noun

• the act of steering a ship
  Synonym:steering
• the cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship

双语例句

• He be re-elect for his miraculous steerage of the country through an economic disaster
  他奇迹般地引导该国度过了一场经济灾难，因此再度当选
• Passengers traveling in the steerage paid the lowest fares.
  坐下等客舱的旅客付最低的票价。
• They would have to go steerage on the ship, but it was only three days after all.
  他们在船上不得不住统舱，好在旅途只需三天。
• But having a strong steerage with my paddle, I went at a great rate, directly for the wreck, and in less than two hours I came up to it.
  我以桨代舵，使劲掌握航向，朝那失事的大船飞驶过去。不到两小时，我就到了破船跟前。
• Many turned up in Southampton today in period costume dressed as first class passengers, crew or steerage passengers.
  今天许多游客在南安普顿现身时，都按照当时头等舱乘客、船员或是三等舱乘客的打扮，穿上了那个时代的装束。