shipwreck

noun

1. 船舶失事；海难
   the loss or destruction of a ship at sea because of a storm or because it hits rocks, etc.
   1. They narrowly escaped shipwreck in a storm in the North Sea.
      他们在北海遇到风暴，船险些失事。
2. 失事的船；沉船
   a ship that has been lost or destroyed at sea
   1. The contents of shipwrecks belong to the state.
      一切沉船中的物品均属国家所有。

verb

1. 遭遇海难；船只失事
   to be left somewhere after the ship that you have been sailing in has been lost or destroyed at sea

1. N-VAR 船舶失事;船只遇难;海难
   If there is a shipwreck, a ship is destroyed in an accident at sea.
   1. He was drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of Spain.
      他在西班牙海岸附近的一次海难中溺水身亡。
   2. ...the perils of storm and shipwreck.
      发生暴风雨和海难的危险
2. 遇难船只;失事船只;沉船
   A shipwreck is a ship which has been destroyed in an accident at sea.
3. V-PASSIVE 使(人)遭遇海难
   If someone is shipwrecked, their ship is destroyed in an accident at sea but they survive and manage to reach land.
   1. He was shipwrecked after visiting the island...
      他在到那个岛上观光后就遭遇了海难。
   2. The shipwrecked couple were rescued by two fishermen.
      遭遇海难的那对夫妻被两名渔夫救起。

1. He was drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of Spain.
   他在西班牙海岸附近的一次海难中溺水身亡。
2. He was shipwrecked after visiting the island
   他在到那个岛上观光后就遭遇了海难。
3. The shipwrecked couple were rescued by two fishermen.
   遭遇海难的那对夫妻被两名渔夫救起。
4. He survived the shipwreck.
   在这次船只沉没事件中他幸免于死。
5. These passages of arms for the sake of progress often suffer shipwreck, and we have just explained why.
   这些为了进步的交锋常常遭到失败，我们刚才已说明了原因。
6. Later, they were shocked to hear of the news of shipwreck of their ship.
   后来他们震惊地知道了关于他们那条船的失事的消息。
7. The captain is absolved from all blame and responsibility for the shipwreck.
   那位船长被免除了因船只失事而遭致的非难和罪责。
8. Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
   生活是条沉船，但我们不要忘了在救生艇上高歌。
9. What is this story? Where is the shipwreck?
   这是甚么故事？沉船在那里？
10. He was awarded his damages in the shipwreck by the court.
    法院判给他沉船事故中的损失赔偿费。
11. He died in a shipwreck off the South coast.
    他在南部海岸一带的海难中死亡。
12. He is the sole survivor of the shipwreck.
    他是这次船难中唯一的幸存者。
13. The news of shipwreck soon spread out widely.
    船只失事的消息很快就广泛地传开了。
14. All the survivors of the shipwreck were picked up in time.
    失事船只的幸存者都已被及时救起来了。
15. The fragments were first found in 1901 by Greek sponge divers exploring a Roman-era shipwreck.
    1901年，一些采集海绵的希腊潜水员在发掘一处古罗马时代沉船残骸时，首次发现了这些碎片。
16. Only three people were saved from the shipwreck.
    在这次船失事中只有三人得救。
17. The boys listened breathlessly as the sailor detailed the story of the shipwreck.
    水手详述沉船的故事时，孩子们屏息倾听着。
18. They offer a thanksgiving to God for their escape from the shipwreck.
    他们因从海难中得以生还向上帝作了感恩祈祷。
19. He walked away from the shipwreck.
    在这次沉船的事件中他平安地脱险了。
20. The sailor who had lost everything by shipwreck said that he was thrown on his beam-ends.
    在海难事件中丧失一切的海员说，他已经面临穷途末路了。
21. The danger of shipwreck is much greater in dense fog.
    在浓雾中船只失事的危险要大得多。
22. An underwater site is usually a shipwreck; a land site is often a village or part of one.
    水下遗址通常是一艘沉船；陆地上遗址则往往是一个村落或其中的一部分。
23. The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island.
    一艘船只只有一个生还者，他被冲到了一个无人的小岛。
24. Many people drowned in that shipwreck.
    许多人在那次船遇难时淹死了。
25. The act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire.
    在海难中营救船只或船员货物的行为。
26. They heard the news of the shipwreck on the radio.
    他们在收音机上听到那条船失事的消息。
27. He had been on a whaling voyage in the Arctic, once-a voyage that was to have been for three years and which had terminated in shipwreck at the end of six months.
    他曾在北极作过捕鲸航行。原打算去三年的，因为出了海难事故三个月就结束了。
28. Suffering the misfortune of shipwreck.
    经受着船只失事的不幸。

noun

1. a wrecked ship (or a part of one)

2. an accident that destroys a ship at sea

   Synonym:    wreck

3. an irretrievable loss
   1. that was the shipwreck of their romance

verb

1. destroy a ship
   1. The vessel was shipwrecked

2. cause to experience shipwreck
   1. They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea

3. suffer failure, as in some enterprise

4. ruin utterly
   1. You have shipwrecked my career