- 1在船中央；船舯
Amidships means in the middle part of a ship — not the front (the bow) and not the back (the stern), but the stretch in between. Sailors use it as a place word: the engine sits amidships, or a hit lands amidships. You can also hear it as a short call on deck, pointing someone to that middle part. It is a sea word; on land people almost never need it. Though actually, it is not “among the ships.” It is the middle of one ship.
組成From amid (“in the middle”) + ships. The ships piece is the word ship; the old shape of the compound is not “many ships.”
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
amidshipsadv/əˈmɪd.ʃɪps/
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nauticaltransportIn the middle of a ship, either longitudinally or laterally.
- [The U-boat captain] waited until the crosshairs lay directly amidships.
- Two more torpedoes were fired; one ran erratic; the second hit amidships.
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nauticaltransportUsually in the line of the keel, but sometimes halfway between bow and stern; often contracted to “midships.” (FM 55-501).
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On the flank, at a vulnerable place.
- In stating that the Woosters never give up, I was in error. These words caught me amidships and took all the fighting spirit out of me, leaving me a spent force.
amidshipsintj/əˈmɪd.ʃɪps/
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A helm order, normally shortened to midships!, to centre the helm in the line of the keel.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。