Shipload

Definition

shipload /'ʃÇplǝƱd/ n လူ၊ ပစၥည္းစသည္ သေဘၤာတစ္စီးစာ၊ သေဘၤာႏွင့္အျပည့္ (ပမာဏ)။ set sail with a shipload of grain.

Examples

1. ‘A ship called the Jolly George was awaiting a shipload of arms destined for Polish troops in London's East End docks in May.’
2. ‘The immigrants worked as free people until 1629 when a Portuguese vessel arrived with the first shipload of blacks captured off the west coast of Africa.’
3. ‘They gave him a bank cheque drawn on the Standard Bank of Africa for $25 million to supply ten shiploads of rice.’
4. ‘A shipload of tourists watched from the armchair comfort of a cruise ship at anchor off Russia's Antarctic base of Mirny.’
5. ‘The Jakarta Police confiscated a shipload of undocumented logs that arrived here from Central Kalimantan
6. an officer revealed on Friday.’
7. ‘When shiploads of contraband disembarked at Mississippi River towns
8. they were often outnumbered by the employers who anxiously awaited them.’
9. ‘The government even refused entry to a shipload of desperate Jews
10. who instead sailed back to Europe on a voyage of the damned.’
11. ‘Beginning in 1882 he brought them by the shipload from Hong Kong
12. ten shiploads in fact
13. for a total of about six thousand.’
14. ‘However
15. the Russian fur trade in this area was threatened by Yankee traders
16. who not only collected furs
17. but brought shiploads of rum and guns for the local Indians.’
18. ‘A shipload of guns was sent to Yemen and operatives dispatched to help tribesmen fight US troops in Somalia.’
19. ‘The rulers of the British Empire fell for the sweet talk and sent the first shipload of British convicts to the Cape.’
20. ‘They lived and worked as ‘free persons’ even when a Portuguese vessel arrived with the first shipload of blacks enslaved in 1629.’
21. ‘Some others were so enthusiastic about sending a shipload of rice to Cuba that they seemed to forget about the famine deaths that were being reported from different parts of India.’
22. ‘In Norfolk
23. Virginia
24. a whole shipload of watching sailors let out a gang-whoop of recognition.’
25. ‘While sippers and connoisseurs of every stripe debate whether Australia is the new California or Michigan
26. shiploads of the stuff is selling
27. especially in the States.’
28. ‘Two shiploads of cranes were exported from the port to Barcelona in January.’
29. ‘Marble was delivered there by the shipload
30. cut
31. and redistributed.’
32. ‘However
33. now that Caribbean planters were no longer able to replace slaves worked to death by buying shiploads of new ones
34. they eased working conditions and improved the slaves' diet.’
35. ‘One shipload is equivalent to 40 to 50 lorry loads.’
36. ‘In 1507
37. a year after seizing power
38. Afonso sent to Portugal a shipload of copper and ivory.’