"privateer" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 私掠船
• 私掠者

Definition

Privateer 是指在战争期间，受政府授权袭击敌方船只的私人船只或船长。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

属于历史和正式用语，多用于海事历史背景。与“海盗”不同，privateer有政府授权。常见用法：'获得许可证的私掠船'。

Examples

The privateer sailed under the British flag.

这艘**私掠船**在英国国旗下航行。

A privateer needed permission from the government to attack enemy ships.

**私掠者**需要政府的许可才能袭击敌船。

The old ship museum has a model of a famous privateer.

老船博物馆里有一艘著名**私掠船**的模型。

Unlike pirates, privateers had official papers to attack enemies.

与海盗不同，**私掠者**拥有官方文件来攻击敌人。

That merchant ship was captured by a French privateer during the war.

那艘商船在战争期间被一位法国**私掠者**俘获。

Stories of fearless privateers are still told in old port towns.

在老港口小镇还流传着无畏**私掠者**的故事。