nuclear-powered ship
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- noun
- /ˈnjuːklɪər ˈpaʊərd ʃɪp/
- Specialized
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buque de propulsión nuclear
- The Navy's fleet includes several advanced nuclear-powered ships that enhance its operational capabilities.
Examples
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A Maryland lawmaker whose 20-year membership on the House Armed Services Committee is coming to a close counts two bipartisan initiatives as his greatest legislative achievements: allowing service members to share GI Bill education benefits with their families and setting the Navy on course to have only nuclear-powered ships.
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By 2016, the Navy will sail the Great Green Fleet, a carrier strike group composed of nuclear-powered ships, hybrid electric ships running on biofuel, and aircraft flying on biofuel.
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Environmentalists acknowledge this with their feet when they get quietly and routinely onto nuclear-powered ships.
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There is a great difference between coal-powered WWI Dreadnoughts and modern-day nuclear-powered ships.
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The path had been prepared for commercialization, but the boiling water reactor would require the active support of a major corporation. General Electric, meanwhile, had contracted with the Navy for the development of nuclear-powered ships via the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory.
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The Navy disappears in five days without oilers," Bartlett said, "while nuclear-powered ships can operate for 30 years without refueling, which gives us an operational advantage."
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Nuclear-powered ships can travel long distances without the need for frequent refueling.
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Unlike traditional vessels, nuclear-powered ships use energy from a nuclear reactor to propel themselves efficiently.
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Morphology
nuclear-powered + ship
The meaning is directly compositional: 'nuclear' (relating to nuclear energy) + 'powered' (driven by) applied to 'ship' yields a ship driven by nuclear energy. The pattern 'X-powered Y' (e.g., battery-powered, solar-powered) is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would readily infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Nuclear-powered ship comes from the simple image of a ship that is powered by a nuclear engine inside it, giving steady energy for a long time. That's why it means 'a ship that runs on a nuclear reactor instead of regular fuel'.