shipway
shipway — 名詞
1. a long, sloping framework built at a shipyard, used to support a ship while it i
船台
造船或修船用的傾斜滑道
a long, sloping framework built at a shipyard, used to support a ship while it is being constructed and to guide it into the water when launched
The workers moved the hull onto the shipway before beginning construction.
工人們在開始建造前將船殼移到船台上。
collocation: hull onto [the] shipway
After months of work, the new vessel slid down the shipway into the harbour.
經過數月的工作，新船順著船台滑進了港口。
collocation: slid down / launched from shipway
The shipyard manager inspected the old wooden shipway for cracks before work began.
船廠經理在開工前檢查了舊木製船台是否有裂縫。
Aarav's grandfather had worked on the shipway building fishing boats for forty years.
Aarav 的祖父在船台上建造漁船長達四十年。
Noor watched the workers lower the steel hull onto the shipway from the dock.
Noor 看著工人們從碼頭將鋼製船殼放到船台上。
- slipway
more common for recreational boats and smaller vessels; often used interchangeably with shipway in professional contexts
- ways
plural-only term used by shipbuilders for the sloping timbers that support the hull during construction
- building berth
focuses on the construction platform itself rather than the sloping launch structure
文法句型
on + the + shipway
down + the + shipway
用法筆記
Often shortened to ways (plural) by shipyard workers. For smaller vessels and leisure boats, slipway is the more common term.