Definition of dhow in English:

dhow

noun daʊdaʊ

A lateen-rigged ship with one or two masts, used chiefly in the Arabian region.
（主要用于阿拉伯地区的）独桅（或双桅）三角帆船
Example sentencesExamples
- The dhow was sinking around 40 miles from land between Sumatra and Malaysia in the Malacca Strait.
- If you come in by air you land at nearby Manda Island, from where you take a dhow or ferry.
- During the shrimp season there are literally hundreds of fishing dhows plying these waters.
- Night had fallen by the time the frigate reached the dhow, and the ship's boarding party was greeted by a very relieved crew of fishermen.
- Across the bay, nestling alongside traditional Arabian wooden boats, or dhows, is the Greenpeace ship, Rainbow Warrior.
- It is one of the busiest shipping areas in the world, where every type of vessel, from vast supertankers to small dhows, go about their business.
- Argyll has challenged 150 ships in all, and boardings varied from small dhows to large container ships.
- As the oil terminals sit in a valuable fishing area, the crew of the Lynx are kept busy monitoring the vast array of fishing dhows that emerge daily from the Shatt Al Arab waterway between Iraq and Iran.
- The boarding team found goods stolen from the dhows aboard the speedboat.
- Another popular craft is the production of dhows, boats made of wood, according to a traditional design that does not use metal nails.
- ‘We use the smaller teams to board small vessels - dhows, fishing boats - and we use larger teams for the larger vessels like tankers cargo carriers, passenger ships,’ he said.
- From junks to dhows, clippers to cruise liners, humble riverboats to awesome battlefleets, this is the definitive chronicle of great vessels, legendary journeys, and heroic seafarers.
- In an area of heavy traffic, from massive oil tankers to tiny fishing dhows, Echo carried out detailed surveys to locate underwater hazards such as rocks and shallow banks.
- RFA tanker Brambleleaf has picked up the survivors of a blazing dhow in the Arabian Gulf.
- Large timber cargo dhows have replaced the tankers and were often seen by the dozen as they prepared to move south after dusk.
- Wooden-hulled ships known as dhows have been used to smuggle dates and oil past the international blockade.
- Vessels, especially traditional dhows, can land and depart from the coast unregistered and undetected.
- With large fleets of small fishing dhows clustered around the edges of the exclusion zones, Somerset's ship's company must remain alert to what is happening in particularly sensitive areas.
- Most were just fishing dhows that drifted too close.
- Team members yell out to the crew in Arabic as they come alongside and the dhow's crew responds by hanging a rope ladder over the side.

Origin

Late 18th century: from Arabic dāwa, probably related to Marathi dāw.

Rhymes

allow, avow, Bilbao, Bissau, bough, bow, bow-wow, brow, cacao, chow, ciao, cow, Dow, endow, Foochow, Frau, Hangzhou, Hough, how, Howe, kowtow, Lao, Liao, Macao, Macau, miaow, Mindanao, mow, now, ow, Palau, plough (US plow), pow, prow, row, scow, Slough, sough, sow, Tao, thou, vow, wow, Yangshao

Definition of dhow in US English:

dhow

noundoudaʊ

A lateen-rigged ship with one or two masts, used in the Indian Ocean.
（主要用于阿拉伯地区的）独桅（或双桅）三角帆船
Example sentencesExamples
- Most were just fishing dhows that drifted too close.
- In an area of heavy traffic, from massive oil tankers to tiny fishing dhows, Echo carried out detailed surveys to locate underwater hazards such as rocks and shallow banks.
- If you come in by air you land at nearby Manda Island, from where you take a dhow or ferry.
- With large fleets of small fishing dhows clustered around the edges of the exclusion zones, Somerset's ship's company must remain alert to what is happening in particularly sensitive areas.
- The boarding team found goods stolen from the dhows aboard the speedboat.
- Vessels, especially traditional dhows, can land and depart from the coast unregistered and undetected.
- RFA tanker Brambleleaf has picked up the survivors of a blazing dhow in the Arabian Gulf.
- As the oil terminals sit in a valuable fishing area, the crew of the Lynx are kept busy monitoring the vast array of fishing dhows that emerge daily from the Shatt Al Arab waterway between Iraq and Iran.
- Another popular craft is the production of dhows, boats made of wood, according to a traditional design that does not use metal nails.
- It is one of the busiest shipping areas in the world, where every type of vessel, from vast supertankers to small dhows, go about their business.
- Wooden-hulled ships known as dhows have been used to smuggle dates and oil past the international blockade.
- ‘We use the smaller teams to board small vessels - dhows, fishing boats - and we use larger teams for the larger vessels like tankers cargo carriers, passenger ships,’ he said.
- Argyll has challenged 150 ships in all, and boardings varied from small dhows to large container ships.
- Across the bay, nestling alongside traditional Arabian wooden boats, or dhows, is the Greenpeace ship, Rainbow Warrior.
- During the shrimp season there are literally hundreds of fishing dhows plying these waters.
- Large timber cargo dhows have replaced the tankers and were often seen by the dozen as they prepared to move south after dusk.
- Night had fallen by the time the frigate reached the dhow, and the ship's boarding party was greeted by a very relieved crew of fishermen.
- The dhow was sinking around 40 miles from land between Sumatra and Malaysia in the Malacca Strait.
- Team members yell out to the crew in Arabic as they come alongside and the dhow's crew responds by hanging a rope ladder over the side.
- From junks to dhows, clippers to cruise liners, humble riverboats to awesome battlefleets, this is the definitive chronicle of great vessels, legendary journeys, and heroic seafarers.

Origin

Late 18th century: from Arabic dāwa, probably related to Marathi dāw.

单词	dhow
释义	Definition of dhow in English: dhow noun daʊdaʊ A lateen-rigged ship with one or two masts, used chiefly in the Arabian region. （主要用于阿拉伯地区的）独桅（或双桅）三角帆船 Example sentencesExamples The dhow was sinking around 40 miles from land between Sumatra and Malaysia in the Malacca Strait. If you come in by air you land at nearby Manda Island, from where you take a dhow or ferry. During the shrimp season there are literally hundreds of fishing dhows plying these waters. Night had fallen by the time the frigate reached the dhow, and the ship's boarding party was greeted by a very relieved crew of fishermen. Across the bay, nestling alongside traditional Arabian wooden boats, or dhows, is the Greenpeace ship, Rainbow Warrior. It is one of the busiest shipping areas in the world, where every type of vessel, from vast supertankers to small dhows, go about their business. Argyll has challenged 150 ships in all, and boardings varied from small dhows to large container ships. As the oil terminals sit in a valuable fishing area, the crew of the Lynx are kept busy monitoring the vast array of fishing dhows that emerge daily from the Shatt Al Arab waterway between Iraq and Iran. The boarding team found goods stolen from the dhows aboard the speedboat. Another popular craft is the production of dhows, boats made of wood, according to a traditional design that does not use metal nails. ‘We use the smaller teams to board small vessels - dhows, fishing boats - and we use larger teams for the larger vessels like tankers cargo carriers, passenger ships,’ he said. From junks to dhows, clippers to cruise liners, humble riverboats to awesome battlefleets, this is the definitive chronicle of great vessels, legendary journeys, and heroic seafarers. In an area of heavy traffic, from massive oil tankers to tiny fishing dhows, Echo carried out detailed surveys to locate underwater hazards such as rocks and shallow banks. RFA tanker Brambleleaf has picked up the survivors of a blazing dhow in the Arabian Gulf. Large timber cargo dhows have replaced the tankers and were often seen by the dozen as they prepared to move south after dusk. Wooden-hulled ships known as dhows have been used to smuggle dates and oil past the international blockade. Vessels, especially traditional dhows, can land and depart from the coast unregistered and undetected. With large fleets of small fishing dhows clustered around the edges of the exclusion zones, Somerset's ship's company must remain alert to what is happening in particularly sensitive areas. Most were just fishing dhows that drifted too close. Team members yell out to the crew in Arabic as they come alongside and the dhow's crew responds by hanging a rope ladder over the side. Origin Late 18th century: from Arabic dāwa, probably related to Marathi dāw. Rhymes allow, avow, Bilbao, Bissau, bough, bow, bow-wow, brow, cacao, chow, ciao, cow, Dow, endow, Foochow, Frau, Hangzhou, Hough, how, Howe, kowtow, Lao, Liao, Macao, Macau, miaow, Mindanao, mow, now, ow, Palau, plough (US plow), pow, prow, row, scow, Slough, sough, sow, Tao, thou, vow, wow, Yangshao Definition of dhow in US English: dhow noundoudaʊ A lateen-rigged ship with one or two masts, used in the Indian Ocean. （主要用于阿拉伯地区的）独桅（或双桅）三角帆船 Example sentencesExamples Most were just fishing dhows that drifted too close. In an area of heavy traffic, from massive oil tankers to tiny fishing dhows, Echo carried out detailed surveys to locate underwater hazards such as rocks and shallow banks. If you come in by air you land at nearby Manda Island, from where you take a dhow or ferry. With large fleets of small fishing dhows clustered around the edges of the exclusion zones, Somerset's ship's company must remain alert to what is happening in particularly sensitive areas. The boarding team found goods stolen from the dhows aboard the speedboat. Vessels, especially traditional dhows, can land and depart from the coast unregistered and undetected. RFA tanker Brambleleaf has picked up the survivors of a blazing dhow in the Arabian Gulf. As the oil terminals sit in a valuable fishing area, the crew of the Lynx are kept busy monitoring the vast array of fishing dhows that emerge daily from the Shatt Al Arab waterway between Iraq and Iran. Another popular craft is the production of dhows, boats made of wood, according to a traditional design that does not use metal nails. It is one of the busiest shipping areas in the world, where every type of vessel, from vast supertankers to small dhows, go about their business. Wooden-hulled ships known as dhows have been used to smuggle dates and oil past the international blockade. ‘We use the smaller teams to board small vessels - dhows, fishing boats - and we use larger teams for the larger vessels like tankers cargo carriers, passenger ships,’ he said. Argyll has challenged 150 ships in all, and boardings varied from small dhows to large container ships. Across the bay, nestling alongside traditional Arabian wooden boats, or dhows, is the Greenpeace ship, Rainbow Warrior. During the shrimp season there are literally hundreds of fishing dhows plying these waters. Large timber cargo dhows have replaced the tankers and were often seen by the dozen as they prepared to move south after dusk. Night had fallen by the time the frigate reached the dhow, and the ship's boarding party was greeted by a very relieved crew of fishermen. The dhow was sinking around 40 miles from land between Sumatra and Malaysia in the Malacca Strait. Team members yell out to the crew in Arabic as they come alongside and the dhow's crew responds by hanging a rope ladder over the side. From junks to dhows, clippers to cruise liners, humble riverboats to awesome battlefleets, this is the definitive chronicle of great vessels, legendary journeys, and heroic seafarers. Origin Late 18th century: from Arabic dāwa, probably related to Marathi dāw.
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