container ship

基本解释

It is not just the biggest kind of container ship, but the biggest ship of any sort in service.
这不仅仅是全球最大的集装箱船，同时也是提供各类服务的最大船只。
Trucks and cranes spring into action as a 900-foot container ship docks at the Port of Oakland.
一艘900英尺的集装箱货船停泊到了奥克兰港，卡车和吊车马上投入了运作。
But even if another vessel was involved, it's hard to explain how an alert captain or watch stander would not have spotted an approaching container ship in time to make an adequate mayday call.
即便真的有其他船只牵涉进来，也很难解释为什么一位警觉的船长或值班人员都没有及时发现这样一艘正在靠近的集装箱船并发出求救信号。

The container ship,Maersk Alabama, was sailing through the Gulf of Aden to the port of Mombasa,Kenya, on the east coast of Africa.

It was Ken Quinn, a second mate from the American container ship that was hijacked off Somalia in April.
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On Wednesday April 8th it was confirmed that Somali gunmen had hijacked an American-operated container ship, the 17, 500 tonne Maersk Alabama.
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For example, China's development of an anti-ship ballistic missile is designed to target U.S. aircraft carriers - not some commercial container ship.
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a ship that is specially designed to transport containers (= large metal boxes containing goods)

A container ship is a ship that is designed for carrying goods that are packed in large metal or wooden boxes.