battleship
/ˈbætlʃɪp/noun
- a heavy warship of a type built chiefly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with extensive armour protection and large-calibre guns（19世纪末20世纪初建造的装甲面广, 配有大口径火炮的）战列舰。
词源
late 18th cent.: shortening of line-of- battle ship, originally with reference to the largest wooden warships.