1630s, also corvet, from French corvette "small, fast frigate" (15c.), perhaps from Middle Dutch korver "pursuit ship," or Middle Low German korf meaning both a kind of boat and a basket, or from Latin corbita (navis) "slow-sailing ship of burden, grain ship" from corbis "basket" (Gamillscheg is against this). The U.S. sports car was so named September 1952, after the warship, on a suggestion by Myron Scott, employee of Campbell-Ewald, Chevrolet's advertising agency. Italian corvetta, Spanish corbeta are French loan-words.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. She still drives her trusty black Corvette.
她仍然開(kāi)她那輛皮實(shí)可靠的黑色克爾維特車(chē)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Lucy's distress call was heard by the corvette.
驅(qū)潛快艇聽(tīng)到了露西的呼救信號(hào).
來(lái)自辭典例句
3. He drove home in his prize, a brand - new, shine white Corvette!
他開(kāi)走了他的獎(jiǎng)品, 一輛嶄新發(fā)亮的白色科維特牌轎車(chē)!
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. Corvette: Fast naval vessel smaller than a frigate.