1630s, also corvet, from French corvette "small, fast frigate" (15c.), perhaps from Middle Dutch korver "pursuit ship," or Middle Low German korf meaning both a kind of boat and a basket, or from Latin corbita (navis) "slow-sailing ship of burden, grain ship" from corbis "basket" (Gamillscheg is against this). The U.S. sports car was so named September 1952, after the warship, on a suggestion by Myron Scott, employee of Campbell-Ewald, Chevrolet's advertising agency. Italian corvetta, Spanish corbeta are French loan-words.
雙語例句
1. She still drives her trusty black Corvette.
她仍然開她那輛皮實可靠的黑色克爾維特車。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Lucy's distress call was heard by the corvette.
驅潛快艇聽到了露西的呼救信號.
來自辭典例句
3. He drove home in his prize, a brand - new, shine white Corvette!
他開走了他的獎品, 一輛嶄新發亮的白色科維特牌轎車!
來自互聯網
4. Corvette: Fast naval vessel smaller than a frigate.