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steerage n. 最低票价的舱位,士官的二等室,掌舵,操纵,驾驶 最低票价的舱位,士官的二等室,掌舵,操纵,驾驶 steerage n 1: the cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship 2: the act of steering a ship [ synonym: { steering}, { steerage}] Steerage \ Steer" age\ ( st[= e] r"[ asl] j; 48), n. 1. The act or practice of steering, or directing; as, the steerage of a ship. [ 1913 Webster] He left the city, and, in a most tempestuous season, forsook the helm and steerage of the commonwealth. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Naut.) ( a) The effect of the helm on a ship; the manner in which an individual ship is affected by the helm. ( b) The hinder part of a vessel; the stern. [ R.] -- Swift. ( c) Properly, the space in the after part of a vessel, under the cabin, but used generally to indicate any part of a vessel having the poorest accommodations and occupied by passengers paying the lowest rate of fare. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Direction; regulation; management; guidance. [ 1913 Webster] He that hath the steerage of my course. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 4. That by which a course is directed. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] Here he hung on high, The steerage of his wings. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] { Steerage passenger}, a passenger who takes passage in the steerage of a vessel. [ 1913 Webster]
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