Any of a class of cruisers with large-calibre guns, operated by the German navy in the Second World War.
（二战时德国海军使用的装有大口径炮的）袖珍战列舰
Example sentencesExamples
The side are captained by 5ft 3ins pocket battleship Hudson, who made the headlines nation-wide after winning her first boxing bout in the University's annual tournament with Sandhurst.
It is interesting to me that the profile of a WWII German pocket battleship should resemble a British Type 45 next generation missile destroyer.
West Indies can at least look forward to a more spirited performance in the field, now that their pocket battleships have been reunited for the first time since the tour of England last summer.
Though outgunned by the German's heavy weapons, task force leader Cdre Henry Harwood engaged Graf Spee - at great cost to all three British vessels, which were badly damaged by the pocket battleship's 11 in main turrets.
Attempting a night landing on the Rio del Plata near Montevideo, the aircraft crashed and sank near the wreck of the German pocket battleship Graf Spee.
To get round the restrictions of Versailles, Germany produced pocket battleships.
As South Africa's pocket battleship said, that philosophy applied equally well in sport as in life.
The real Jervis Bay was sunk while defending a convoy against a pocket battleship.
The ball rolled back to Beall just six yards out, but the pocket battleship took an age to bite the cherry for a second time and was crowded out before getting a shot in.
To the delight of many, the pocket battleship stayed on to share a few beers with the lads at the bar.
Definition of pocket battleship in US English:
pocket battleship
nounˈˌpäkət ˈbadlˌSHip
Any of a class of cruisers with large-caliber guns, operated by the German navy in World War II.
（二战时德国海军使用的装有大口径炮的）袖珍战列舰
Example sentencesExamples
Though outgunned by the German's heavy weapons, task force leader Cdre Henry Harwood engaged Graf Spee - at great cost to all three British vessels, which were badly damaged by the pocket battleship's 11 in main turrets.
Attempting a night landing on the Rio del Plata near Montevideo, the aircraft crashed and sank near the wreck of the German pocket battleship Graf Spee.
The side are captained by 5ft 3ins pocket battleship Hudson, who made the headlines nation-wide after winning her first boxing bout in the University's annual tournament with Sandhurst.
To the delight of many, the pocket battleship stayed on to share a few beers with the lads at the bar.
As South Africa's pocket battleship said, that philosophy applied equally well in sport as in life.
The ball rolled back to Beall just six yards out, but the pocket battleship took an age to bite the cherry for a second time and was crowded out before getting a shot in.
The real Jervis Bay was sunk while defending a convoy against a pocket battleship.
West Indies can at least look forward to a more spirited performance in the field, now that their pocket battleships have been reunited for the first time since the tour of England last summer.
To get round the restrictions of Versailles, Germany produced pocket battleships.
It is interesting to me that the profile of a WWII German pocket battleship should resemble a British Type 45 next generation missile destroyer.