the USS Constitution
/ðə ˌjuː es es ˌkɒnstɪˈtjuːʃn/
/ðə ˌjuː es es ˌkɑːnstɪˈtuːʃn/
- a famous US Navy ship. Its popular name is 'Old Ironsides' because bullets could not pierce its strong oak sides. It was completed in 1797 in Boston and used in the War of 1812. When the ship was old there were plans to destroy it, but Oliver Wendell Holmes's poem Old Ironsides (1828) created strong public feeling against the decision and it was saved. The Constitution has been open to the public in Boston since 1934. In 1997 it sailed for the first time in 116 years, to celebrate its 200th birthday.
USS宪法：美国著名的海军舰船。它的流行名称是“ Old Ironsides”，因为子弹无法刺穿其坚硬的橡木面。它于1797年在波士顿完成，并在1812年的战争中使用。当这艘船很旧时，有计划销毁它，但奥利弗·温德尔·福尔摩斯（Oliver Wendell Holmes）的诗《老铁杆》（Old Ironsides，1828年）引起了公众强烈反对该决定的感觉，因此得以保存。自1934年以来，《宪法》就在波士顿向公众开放。1997年，《宪法》航行了116年来第一次，以庆祝其200岁生日。