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noun brɪɡbrɪɡ 1A two-masted square-rigged ship, typically having an additional lower fore-and-aft sail on the gaff and a boom to the mainmast. 双桅横帆船 Example sentencesExamples - All day and night the good brig Quedagh Merchant bobbed and weaved through the winter's stormy blast.
- The line to be captured totaled almost 40 kilometers in length, which was in excess of the combat capabilities of two brigs.
- The captain of the brig listened attentively.
- Sixteen were barques and brigs engaged in foreign trade.
- Several men boarded the brig Geddes, at anchor in the Chester River.
- We sailed out after the brig.
- The final fifteen men survived for another five days until their rescue by the Argus brig, a ship in the Medusa convoy.
- This two-masted 225 ton wooden brig, built in 1840, also was the victim of gale-force winds.
- ‘A brig has sailed from here,’ says a letter from Ibiza.
- He arrived in South Australia on his own ship, the brig New Holland.
- She must have been taken from the retrieval ship directly to the brig.
- One tremendously successful ship design was the two-masted brig of war.
- The local fishing caravels and brigs appeared small and insignificant, overshadowed by the tall ships.
- The captain and his crew on the brig Elizabeth exchanged a cargo of flax for transport to Akaroa.
- A year later a group of American sealers arrived aboard the brig Union.
- Drastic measures were clearly needed to prevent these disasters and two small brigs were made ready.
- ‘Diary of a Ship’ is 11 minutes following the Lady Washington, the brig that ‘played’ the Interceptor.
- Back they went to Sydney to find another ship, this time on the brig Elizabeth.
2informal A prison, especially on a warship. 〈非正式〉(尤指军舰上的)禁闭室 Example sentencesExamples - Back talk again, and you will be clamped in irons and thrown in the brig until we get to the next port.
- Then you'll find yourselves in the brig awaiting trial, young man.
- I'm pretty sure they could sell that information for something juicy in the brig.
- I shuddered, thinking of my own vacation in the brig.
- They entered the brig and locked the door behind them.
- I've seen my fair share of brigs and prisons and I've seen them on both sides of the wall.
- Instead, he simply said, ‘You enjoyed your stay in the brig?’
- The Army doesn't send all refuseniks to the brig.
- He wouldn't tell me what he had done to deserve to be locked in the brig.
- ‘Do not make me lock you up in the brig again,’ he threatened, putting on his boots.
- Anyone caught dilly dallying will be sent to the brig without question!
- They picked him up in 2002, locked him away in a military brig, finally brought charges a month ago.
- You've saved a pirate from the brig, helped him find his hat and now you're talking surgery to him.
- And YOU need to remember, Nelal, you are a civilian, and I can have you thrown in the brig for such conduct.
- ‘No good trying to escape me, miss,’ he said and dragged her back down to the brig.
- Start getting to work or I'll send you all down to the brig!
- A security team lead the prisoners off to the brig.
- Escort Mr Spencer to the brig, and make sure Miss Fellows knows what she needs to.
- After being left in the brig for a few days the captain finally came to retrieve her.
- Didn't I leave you and yer friends in the brig.
OriginEarly 18th century: abbreviation of brigantine (the original sense). Rhymesbig, dig, fig, gig, grig, jig, lig, pig, prig, rig, snig, sprig, swig, tig, trig, twig, Whig, wig nounbrɪɡbrɪɡ Northern English, Scottish nounbriɡbrɪɡ 1A two-masted, square-rigged ship with an additional gaff sail on the mainmast. 双桅横帆船 Example sentencesExamples - The local fishing caravels and brigs appeared small and insignificant, overshadowed by the tall ships.
- All day and night the good brig Quedagh Merchant bobbed and weaved through the winter's stormy blast.
- She must have been taken from the retrieval ship directly to the brig.
- Back they went to Sydney to find another ship, this time on the brig Elizabeth.
- This two-masted 225 ton wooden brig, built in 1840, also was the victim of gale-force winds.
- ‘Diary of a Ship’ is 11 minutes following the Lady Washington, the brig that ‘played’ the Interceptor.
- A year later a group of American sealers arrived aboard the brig Union.
- Drastic measures were clearly needed to prevent these disasters and two small brigs were made ready.
- One tremendously successful ship design was the two-masted brig of war.
- ‘A brig has sailed from here,’ says a letter from Ibiza.
- We sailed out after the brig.
- The line to be captured totaled almost 40 kilometers in length, which was in excess of the combat capabilities of two brigs.
- The final fifteen men survived for another five days until their rescue by the Argus brig, a ship in the Medusa convoy.
- The captain of the brig listened attentively.
- The captain and his crew on the brig Elizabeth exchanged a cargo of flax for transport to Akaroa.
- He arrived in South Australia on his own ship, the brig New Holland.
- Sixteen were barques and brigs engaged in foreign trade.
- Several men boarded the brig Geddes, at anchor in the Chester River.
- 1.1informal A prison, especially on a warship.
〈非正式〉(尤指军舰上的)禁闭室 Example sentencesExamples - Then you'll find yourselves in the brig awaiting trial, young man.
- Escort Mr Spencer to the brig, and make sure Miss Fellows knows what she needs to.
- Back talk again, and you will be clamped in irons and thrown in the brig until we get to the next port.
- After being left in the brig for a few days the captain finally came to retrieve her.
- I've seen my fair share of brigs and prisons and I've seen them on both sides of the wall.
- Didn't I leave you and yer friends in the brig.
- ‘Do not make me lock you up in the brig again,’ he threatened, putting on his boots.
- And YOU need to remember, Nelal, you are a civilian, and I can have you thrown in the brig for such conduct.
- He wouldn't tell me what he had done to deserve to be locked in the brig.
- They picked him up in 2002, locked him away in a military brig, finally brought charges a month ago.
- You've saved a pirate from the brig, helped him find his hat and now you're talking surgery to him.
- I'm pretty sure they could sell that information for something juicy in the brig.
- They entered the brig and locked the door behind them.
- The Army doesn't send all refuseniks to the brig.
- A security team lead the prisoners off to the brig.
- ‘No good trying to escape me, miss,’ he said and dragged her back down to the brig.
- Start getting to work or I'll send you all down to the brig!
- Instead, he simply said, ‘You enjoyed your stay in the brig?’
- I shuddered, thinking of my own vacation in the brig.
- Anyone caught dilly dallying will be sent to the brig without question!
OriginEarly 18th century: abbreviation of brigantine (the original sense). nounbriɡbrɪɡ Scottish, Northern English |