school ship
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6.1
- noun
- /skuːl ʃɪp/
:
buque escuela
- The school ship Albatross offers students hands-on experience in navigation and seamanship.
Examples
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Tell them we're the american school ship, Albatross.
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I've given up my last year of high school to join the crew of the brigantine school ship, Albatross, to sail halfway around the world and back.
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As part of their training, the cadets spent the summer aboard the school ship Oceana learning to sail.
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Upon graduating, the students will have spent considerable time on a school ship named Horizon, mastering maritime skills.
Synonyms
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4.5
A ship that teaches people how to sail and work at sea
How Big
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6.1
18
4.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun–noun combination is directly compositional: 'school' (an educational institution or act of teaching) modifying 'ship' yields a vessel used for schooling or training, so the overall meaning is predictable from the parts. This is a common and transparent compound pattern in English (and matched by equivalents in other languages), so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The phrase school ship comes from the clear image of a school on a ship, where students live aboard to learn sailing and navigation. So, it means 'a ship used for training students in seamanship and navigation'.