gunboat
/ˈɡʌnbəʊt/noun
उच्चारण गन्बोट
तोपनौका, गनबोट
Core word
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a small fast ship with large guns, used especially near coasts and on rivers
तोपनौका, गनबोट
- Gunboats patrolled the river during the war.
- A gunboat guarded the harbour entrance throughout the night.
- The gunboat sailed up the river to the fort.
+ 2 more examples
- In the 19th century, gunboats were used to guard the coast.
- A gunboat fired a warning shot across the bow of the ship.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
gunboat (countable noun)
A gunboat is a small armed ship. Its plural is gunboats.
Gunboat छोटा सशस्त्र जहाज़ है। इसका बहुवचन gunboats है।
- A gunboat patrolled the mouth of the river.
- Two gunboats guarded the harbour.
by / on a gunboat
Use on for travelling aboard a boat and by when you mean the means of transport.
नाव के भीतर होने के लिए 'on' और परिवहन के साधन के लिए 'by' आता है।
- The officers inspected the coast on a gunboat.
gunboat diplomacy
This phrase means forcing another country to agree by threatening to use warships.
इस phrase का अर्थ युद्धपोतों की धमकी देकर दूसरे देश को सहमत होने पर मजबूर करना है।
- Historians call it gunboat diplomacy when a stronger nation sends warships to make weaker states obey.
gunboat + noun
Gunboat is common as a modifier: gunboat captain, gunboat crew, gunboat policy.
'Gunboat' प्रायः दूसरे noun से पहले आता है, जैसे gunboat crew.
- The gunboat crew raised the flag at sunrise.
+Collocations 5
adjective + gunboat
armednavalBritishsteamriverpatrol
- A steam gunboat once guarded the river port.
verb + gunboat
sendsinkcommandbuildboardlaunch
- The navy launched a new gunboat last year.
gunboat + noun
diplomacycaptaincrewpolicyfleet
- Gunboat diplomacy was common in the nineteenth century.
gunboat + preposition
on the riveroff the coastin the harbouralong the shore
- A gunboat lay anchored off the coast.
gunboat + verb
patrolfireanchorsteam upguard
- The gunboat anchored in the bay at night.
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- The history chapter describes how gunboats forced ports to open for trade.
इतिहास का अध्याय बताता है कि कैसे gunboats ने बंदरगाहों को व्यापार के लिए खुलवाया।
- A small gunboat sailed up the river to stop smugglers.
तस्करों को रोकने के लिए एक छोटी तोपनौका नदी में आगे गई।
- The crew of the gunboat watched the horizon for enemy ships.
तोपनौका के चालक-दल ने शत्रु के जहाज़ों के लिए क्षितिज पर नज़र रखी।
- Many critics call the sanctions a modern form of gunboat diplomacy.
कई आलोचक इन प्रतिबंधों को gunboat diplomacy का आधुनिक रूप कहते हैं।
- The museum has a model of a nineteenth-century gunboat.
संग्रहालय में उन्नीसवीं सदी की तोपनौका का एक मॉडल है।
- The treaty was signed under the guns of a foreign gunboat.
संधि पर एक विदेशी तोपनौका की तोपों के साये में हस्ताक्षर हुए।
- In the story, a gunboat carried the officer upriver at night.
कहानी में एक तोपनौका अधिकारी को रात में नदी के ऊपर की ओर ले गई।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ The gunboat was sailing in the river in a high speed.
✓ The gunboat was sailing in the river at high speed.
Speed takes at, not in a.
Speed के साथ 'at' आता है, 'in a' नहीं।
§Grammar and usage
Gunboat diplomacy means trying to make another country accept your demands by threatening to use military force.
Gunboat diplomacy का अर्थ सैन्य बल के प्रयोग की धमकी देकर किसी दूसरे देश से अपनी माँगें मनवाने की कोशिश करना है।