steer·age /ˈstɪrɪʤ/
最低票價的艙位,士官的二等室,掌舵,操縱,駕駛
Steer·age n.
1. The act or practice of steering, or directing; as, the steerage of a ship.
He left the city, and, in a most tempestuous season, forsook the helm and steerage of the commonwealth. --Milton.
2. Naut. (a) The effect of the helm on a ship; the manner in which an individual ship is affected by the helm. (b) The hinder part of a vessel; the stern. [R.] --Swift. (c) Properly, the space in the after part of a vessel, under the cabin, but used generally to indicate any part of a vessel having the poorest accommodations and occupied by passengers paying the lowest rate of fare.
3. Direction; regulation; management; guidance.
He that hath the steerage of my course. --Shak.
4. That by which a course is directed. [R.]
Here he hung on high,
The steerage of his wings. --Dryden.
Steerage passenger, a passenger who takes passage in the steerage of a vessel.
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steerage
n 1: the cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship
2: the act of steering a ship [syn: steering]