corvette
n
1 small fast warship designed for escorting merchant ships (为商船护航的)轻型护卫舰.
2 (formerly) warship with sails and a single row of guns (旧时)木帆炮舰(设有单排炮位).
🗣️ 情景例句
If you don't mind my asking, where did you come from?
你从哪儿来?要是你不介意我这么问的话。
When will you be released?
你预定何时出院?
It comes nearer to the engines with which man has 'conquered' the air, as he boasts.