English Dictionary

first-rate

adj

(UK, military, nautical, historical) Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having at least 100 guns across three gun decks, a complement of 850–875, and weighing approximately 2,500 tons burthen.

He is a first-rate chef.

意味（1）

(UK, military, nautical, historical) Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having at least 100 guns across three gun decks, a complement of 850–875, and weighing approximately 2,500 tons burthen.

意味（2）

(idiomatic) Superb, exceptional; of the best sort; very high quality.

Our only first-rate body of contemporary poetry is the German.