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catamaran
UK /ˌkæ.tə.məˈɹæn/ US /ˈkæ.tə.məˌɹæn/
noun 4
Collocations
5ADJ.
impossible, old, unlikely
VERB + CATAMARAN
capsized, drive
CATAMARAN + NOUN
sideways
PREP.
upon
ADV.
once, somewhat
Definitions
noun
1
A twin-hulled ship or boat.
Swift over the seas the vessel drives; Madras appears in sight. The first object catching the eye, upon the anchor being cast, was an Indian upon his catamaran, who, making a sudden motion, sprung to the side of the ship, grappled there for a moment, and the next was on the deck.
2
A quarrelsome woman; a scold.
She meddles with my prescriptions for your wife; she doctors the infant in private: you'll never have a quiet house or a quiet wife as long as that old Catamaran is here.
3
A raft of three pieces of wood lashed together, the middle piece being longer than the others, and serving as a keel on which the rower squats while paddling.
Three or four strange-looking things now came close to our boat, which I understood were called ‘catamarans’, consisting of nothing more than two or three large trees, the trunk part only strongly lashed together, upon which sat two men nearly in a state of nature […] .
4
An old kind of fireship.
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Swift over the seas the vessel drives; Madras appears in sight. The first object catching the eye, upon the anchor being cast, was an Indian upon his catamaran, who, making a sudden motion, sprung to
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She meddles with my prescriptions for your wife; she doctors the infant in private: you'll never have a quiet house or a quiet wife as long as that old Catamaran is here.
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Three or four strange-looking things now came close to our boat, which I understood were called ‘catamarans’, consisting of nothing more than two or three large trees, the trunk part only strongly las
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Once capsized, a catamaran is impossible to right without help.
Tatoeba · #207515305
A catamaran is unlikely to be capsized by wind, but a big enough rogue wave can do it.
Tatoeba · #207515706
He learned how to drive a catamaran.
Tatoeba · #10714305Usage Notes
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