pinnace

pinnace — 名詞

1. a small, fast sailing ship, typically with two or three masts, used in the 1500s

1.名詞C1
釋義

輕帆船

16–18世紀輕型多桅帆船

a small, fast sailing ship, typically with two or three masts, used in the 1500s–1700s for carrying messages, light cargo, or scouting ahead of a larger fleet.

例句

The fleet sent a pinnace to check if the harbour was safe for large ships.

艾塞克斯艦隊派出一艘輕帆船先行偵察，確認港灣對大型船隻是否安全。

pinnace used for scouting ahead of a fleet

A single pinnace carried urgent dispatches from Plymouth to the governor in two days.

一艘輕帆船僅用兩天就將緊急公文從普利茅斯送到總督手上。

同義詞
  • sloop

    a small sailing vessel with a single mast, generally smaller than a pinnace

  • cutter

    a small, fast sailing ship used for coastal patrol or cargo, similar in size to a pinnace but rigged differently

  • shallop

    a small, light sailing boat of the same era, often used interchangeably with pinnace in older texts

反義詞
  • galleon

    a large, heavily armed sailing ship — opposite in size, cargo, and military role

  • man-of-war

    a large warship, vastly bigger than a pinnace

文法句型

a + pinnace

pinnace + of + [place/time]

用法筆記

This sense refers specifically to a type of sailing vessel from the Age of Sail, not to modern small boats. In historical writing, the term often distinguishes a pinnace from larger ships-of-the-line or galleons.

常見錯誤

❌We took the pinnace to the beach for a picnic.
✅We took the dinghy to the beach for a picnic.
💡A pinnace is a sailing vessel from historical periods, not a modern pleasure boat.

2. a small boat carried on a larger ship, used mainly for moving people, supplies,

2.名詞C1
釋義

艦載小艇

大船攜帶的聯絡艇或運輸艇

a small boat carried on a larger ship, used mainly for moving people, supplies, or messages between the ship and the shore.

例句

The captain ordered the pinnace lowered to take fresh water aboard from the island.

船長下令放下艦載小艇，前往島上運送淡水。

pinnace used for ship-to-shore transport of supplies

Lan rowed the pinnace to the warship with the mail bags and a new officer.

Lan 划著艦載小艇前往戰艦，艇上裝著郵袋和一位新軍官。

同義詞
  • longboat

    the largest boat carried on a sailing ship, generally bigger and heavier than a pinnace

  • dinghy

    a modern small boat used for similar purposes; less formal and usually smaller

  • shallop

    a light boat similar to a pinnace, sometimes used for the same ship-to-shore role

反義詞
  • mother ship

    the large vessel that carries and deploys the pinnace — opposite in scale and role

文法句型

a + pinnace

pinnace + from/of + [ship]

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 1: in this sense the pinnace is a small boat carried by another vessel, not a sailing ship in its own right. This sense overlaps historically with 'longboat' and 'shallop', though a pinnace was often lighter and could be sailed or rowed.

常見錯誤

❌The pinnace sailed across the Atlantic on its own voyage.
✅The pinnace was stored on the deck of the galleon during the Atlantic crossing.
💡In this sense, a pinnace is a ship's boat, not a vessel that makes independent ocean voyages.