Shipwreck
noun
- 1.
- (destruction of a ship by storm or striking rock, etc., any ruin or destruction) suffer a shipwreck ការលិចទូក នាវា
verb — past tense: shipwrecked ; past participle: shipwrecked ; present participle: shipwrecking ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (To cause to undergo shipwreck, to ruin; to destroy) storms shipwreck passengers ធ្វើអោយលិចកប៉ាល់
Example: A big windstorm at sea caused the shipyard.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves.
- 2.
- A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage.
- 3.
- (FIGURATIVE) Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.
verb — past tense: shipwrecked ; past participle: shipwrecked ; present participle: shipwrecking ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck; as, to shipwreck a business.