(noun.) a large sailing ship that was engaged in the British trade with India.
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双语例句
Inquiries made at Plymouth proved that they had sailed, forty-eight hours previously, in the BEWLEY CASTLE, East Indiaman, bound direct to Bombay. 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.
They are now (there is every reason to believe) on their passage to Bombay, in an East Indiaman. 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.
I said to Charley this would be one of the great Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
The large Indiaman was our great attraction because she had come into the downs in the night. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
The Ramchunder, East Indiaman, came into the river this morning, having on board 14 officers, and 132 rank and file of this gallant corps. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
In their midst the central steeple towers proudly up like the mainmast of some great Indiaman among a fleet of coasters. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
The heir to the estate (Sir Percival having left no issue) was a son of Sir Felix Glyde's first cousin, an officer in command of an East Indiaman. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.