steerage

noun

1. （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

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. Passengers traveling in the steerage paid the lowest fares.
   坐下等客舱的旅客付最低的票价。
5. 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

noun

1. the act of steering a ship

   Synonym:    steering

2. the cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship