navy
1 n
(a) [C] country's force of ships and their crews 海军
naval exercises involving six navies 有六国海军参加的海军演习.
(b) the navy, the Navy [Gp]
warships of a specific country with their crews and the organization that administers them 海军部队
join the navy, ie of one's own country 参加海军
an officer/sailor in the Royal Navy 皇家海军军官[水兵]
The navy is/are introducing a new class of warship this year. 海军今年要装备新一级的军舰. =>App 9 见附录9.
2 [U] = navy blue.
It seems that there is a big waste pipe coming down from the town. Do you see it, over there?
好象有一条很粗的废水管从镇上通到海里。您看见了吗?在那边?
On the subject of reading, Francis Bacon, who lived at about the same time as shakespeare, wrote these words, Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. This good advice shows how it is possible to read