training ship
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4.5
- noun
- /ˈtreɪnɪŋ ʃɪp/
:
buque escuela
- The training ship provides hands-on experience for future sailors.
And there have been like training ships where that's happened.
- And there have been like training ships where that's happened.
Examples
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During their voyage aboard the training ship, cadets practiced navigation and emergency drills.
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And there have been like training ships where that's happened.
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"They called their training ship the S.S. Constipation because it never moved.
Fiction book (2000) -
In 1983, we began to survey the Arizona and subsequently the one other vessel still lying at the bottom of Pearl Harbor, the Utah, a battleship that had been converted for use as a training ship.
Academic text (1991) -
Students learn essential seamanship skills on the training ship during their summer program.
Synonyms
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6.1
A ship that trains people to be sailors or naval officers
How Seaworthy
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4.5
7
2.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a ship used for instructing students in seamanship' is directly and compositionally derived from 'training' (organized learning) + 'ship' (a vessel). This noun–noun compound follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern of modifier + head, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Training ship is a real training ship where young sailors live and learn while at sea. Because students practice sailing, steering and daily work on board, the phrase now means 'a ship used to teach students the skills of sailing'.