paddlewheeler ['pædlˏhwi:lә(r)]
n.
明轮(轮)船,用桨轮推进的船
- The 1865 explosion of the paddlewheeler Sultana was a disaster to rival the sinking of the Titanic, and the muddy Mississippi River coughed up burned and bloated bodies for weeks afterward.
- As the paddlewheeler Natchez eased to the dock along the Mississippi River, the Re-Birth Jazz Band let loose with "When the Saints Go Marching In."