English Dictionary

battlecruiser

noun

(military, nautical) A fast warship with thicker armor and heavier guns than a typical cruiser, but with armor, armament, or both still inferior to that of a dreadnought battleship; designed to act as an advanced scout of the battle fleet and to destroy enemy cruisers.

The battlecruiser sailed across the ocean.

意味（1）

(military, nautical) A fast warship with thicker armor and heavier guns than a typical cruiser, but with armor, armament, or both still inferior to that of a dreadnought battleship; designed to act as an advanced scout of the battle fleet and to destroy enemy cruisers.

意味（2）

(fiction) A warship of intermediate size and/or capability between a heavy cruiser and a (light) battleship.

意味（3）

(Cockney rhyming slang) A boozer; a public house.

So he'd effectively had to learn a new language; no longer would he order a pint at the 'battle cruiser' […]