u-boat

IPA/ˈjuː bəʊt/
IPA/ˈjuː bəʊt/

u-boat — noun

1. a German military submarine — a warship built for underwater warfare — used espe

1.名詞B2
釋義

a German military submarine — a warship built for underwater warfare — used especially during the First and Second World Wars to attack enemy merchant ships and naval vessels

例句

The convoy's escort ships dropped depth charges after a U-boat was detected on sonar.

depth charges as anti-submarine weapon

During the Battle of the Atlantic, German U-boats sank thousands of supply ships bound for Britain.

U-boat + sank + supply ships (historical context)

同義詞
  • submarine

    the general term; U-boat is a specific historical subset of submarine

  • sub

    informal shortening of submarine; does not imply German origin

文法句型

a/the + U-boat

U-boat + noun (attributive)

用法筆記

The word is a partial translation of German U-Boot, short for Unterseeboot ('undersea boat'). In English it refers exclusively to German submarines of the two world wars. Modern German submarines are usually called simply 'submarines' in English rather than U-boats.

常見錯誤

❌The navy launched a U-boat to patrol the Pacific.
✅The navy launched a submarine to patrol the Pacific.
💡'U-boat' is a historical term for German submarines; do not use it for modern vessels or submarines of other nations.