argosy: [16] On the face of it argosy, an archaic term for ‘large merchant ship’, gives every appearance of being connected with the Argonauts, members of the crew of the ship Argo who sailed with Jason in quest of the Golden Fleece; but in fact the words are completely unrelated. When English first acquired argosy, from Italian, it was ragusea, which meant literally ‘vessel from Ragusa’ (an important city and seaport on the Dalmatian coast, now known as Dubrovnik). From the hotchpotch of spellings used in English in the 16th and 17th centuries (including ragusye, rhaguse, argosea, and arguze), argosy finally emerged as victor.
1570s, from Italian (nave) Ragusea "(vessel) of Ragusa," maritime city on the Dalmatian coast of the Adriatic (modern Dubrovnik in Croatia). Their large merchant ships brought rich Eastern goods to 16c. England. The city name sometimes was Aragouse or Arragosa in 16c. English.
双语例句
1. We sail tomorrow on the Argosy.
我们明天乘“阿戈西”号启程.
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2. Argosy's plant in Shanghai does custom manufacturing and blends aerospace coatings.
我们在上海的工厂可以提供客户定制服务,进行航空涂料混合.
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3. Chinese Sa businessman or argosy Dui De organizer.
汉萨商人还是强大商船队的组织者.
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4. At electronics ages, operate an argosy to no longer need a lot of hands.
在电子时代, 操控一艘大船不再需要很多人手.
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5. Argosy is an approved supplier to every aerospace contractor in Asia ( except Japan ).
