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maiden voyage
noun
- the first voyage of a ship after its acceptance by the owners from the builders.
maiden voyage
noun
- nautical the first voyage of a vessel
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of maiden voyage1
Idioms and Phrases
The first experience, as in This tennis tournament is my maiden voyage in statewide competition . This term, originally meaning the first voyage of a ship, was first recorded in 1901, but the use of maiden to signify 鈥渢he first time鈥 dates from the mid-1500s.Example Sentences
On Sunday Glen Sannox carried passengers and vehicles on her maiden voyage after completing a test run.
鈥淭his is a really sustainably built product that our trail teams have spent a lot of time learning how to do and we鈥檙e hopeful this will give it its maiden voyage,鈥 she said.
We hope it goes on to be an annual event and are honored to be included on the maiden voyage.鈥
The ship had cost 拢5.5m - and after a few months of fitting out, it made its maiden voyage off Scotland's west coast in December.
The closest vessel was the Disney Treasure, which was travelling from Europe to the US to prepare for its maiden voyage and was 80 miles away when it responded.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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