• n. 海難；遇難船
• vt. 使失事；使毀滅；使失敗

ship,船，wreck,破壞，毀壞。

shipwreck (n.)

mid-15c., from ship (n.) + wreck (n.). Earlier it meant "things cast up from a shipwreck" (c. 1100). The earlier word for "shipwreck" in the modern sense was Middle English schipbreke, "'ship-break,'" from a North Sea Germanic word; compare West Frisian skipbrek, Middle Dutch schipbroke, German Schiffbruch, Old English scipgebroc. Old English scipbryce meant "right to claim goods from a wrecked ship."

shipwreck (v.)

1580s, "cause to wreck;" c. 1600, "to suffer shipwreck," from shipwreck (n.). Related: Shipwrecked.

1. He was drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of Spain.

他在西班牙海岸附近的一次海難中溺水身亡。

來自柯林斯例句

2. They narrowly escaped shipwreck in a storm in the North Sea.

他們在北海遇到風暴，船險些失事。

來自《權威詞典》

3. They offered a thanksgiving to God for their escape from the shipwreck.

他們因從海難中得以生還向上帝作了感恩祈禱.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The danger of shipwreck is much greater in dense fog.

在濃霧中船只失事的危險要大得多.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. He walked away from the shipwreck.

他船難中平安地脫險了.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》