🇬🇧🇨🇳 galleon - 大帆船 : English Lesson
noun
Meaning of "galleon" ("大帆船"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.
A galleon is a huge old sailing ship, like the kind pirates and explorers used long ago, with three or four tall masts, big white sails, and lots of wooden decks for people, cannons, and treasure.
Our history book showed a galleon so fancy it looked like someone tried to sail a royal wedding cake across the ocean.
The galleon’s parrot refused to say “Squawk!” and only shouted, “Are we there yet?” every five minutes.
During the sea battle, one galleon scared the other just by threatening to sing sea shanties off-key.
The pirate captain’s galleon was so big it needed a map just to find the bathroom on board.
Long ago, real Spanish galleons carried tons of treasure across the seas—today, people still search shipwrecks hoping to find their lost gold underwater.
Rain lashed the harbor as a battered galleon creaked toward the rocks. A child climbed the cliff and saw the galleon with tall masts slicing sky, sailors hauling ropes, and a torch on the bow. Another galleon followed, their hulls groaning. They dropped anchor; a galleon bell rang as crew leapt from the galleon. The child cheered; relief came.
🧑🎓 CEFR Level: C2 Proficient
This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.
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