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〔gunroom〕The quarters of midshipmen and junior officers on a British warship.军舰上的军官室:英国军舰上供见习军官和低级军官住的舱房〔Bushnell〕American inventor who designed (1775) a man-propelled submarine for use against British ships in the Revolution. The device proved ineffectual (it was ridiculed as "Bushnell's Turtle") but earned him later regard as "the Father of the Submarine.”布什内尔,戴维:(1742-1824) 美国发明家。他设计了一种人力驱动的潜水艇(1775年),在革命时期用于攻击英国军舰。这种装置被证明是无效的(它曾被戏称为“布什内尔海龟”),但这后来仍为他赢得了“潜艇之父”的荣誉称号 |