| 词汇 | corvette |
| 词源 | corvette. Originally corvettes were cumbersome, ponderous freighters, “old baskets” that took their name from the Latin corbis, “basket.” Over the years, as the design changed, they be- came swift, streamlined armored cruisers. |
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