When the Venetian warships finally arrived, laden with men and materials, they were forced to simply turn around and sail for home.

即使威尼斯载满人力和物资的最终到埗，都只好回头行返国。

He saw himself a US battleship sunk by Japanese bombers during the attack which drew America into the Second World War.

他还亲自参观了被日本人炸弹击沉的一艘，这次袭击导致美国卷入第二次世界大。

The next morning he attacked with his many small and nimble warships. And he lost.

次日早晨他立刻投入许多小而敏捷的进行攻击。他被打败了。

I took a last look at the battleship, which was putting on steam.

我向喷着蒸汽的投去最后一眼。

Their longboats are fast, rugged, Designed to navigate the most treacherous waters on earth.

维京大速快抗击打能力强，足以抵御世界各地最为危险的恶水险境。

Another 350 British ships are racing across the Atlantic to join them.

另有350艘正飞速穿越大西洋前来增。

Some artillery pieces and machine guns and a yacht that was ironically donated to Zanzibar by Britain that he had converted into a junkie makeshift war boat.

还有一些火炮和机枪，以及一艘帆，讽刺的是，这艘帆是英国捐赠给桑给巴尔的，他把帆成了一艘废旧的临时。

With their steely navigational skills, advanced long-ships and fearsome tactics, the Vikings sustained their seafaring for over three hundred years.

凭借其出色的行技巧、先进的狭长快速和骇人的术，三百年来，维京人延续着他们的海事业。

Then the cannons of the anchored warships thundered a salute to which the Vasa fired in reply.

这时，停泊在港口的其他向“瓦萨”号鸣炮致礼，“瓦萨”号也鸣炮回礼。

From the Skeppsbron and surrounding islands the people watched this thing of beauty begin to spread her sails and catch the wind.

从斯开波斯布朗和周围的岛屿，人们前来观着这艘美丽的扬帆起，乘风前进。

From a vantage point Xerxes was forced to look on while his smaller, lighter galleys were rammed and sunk by the Greeks' heavy ships.

薛西斯不得不看着他的小巧的被希腊人笨重的舰冲撞沉没。

At this point, the Romans are almost certainly deploying quinqueremes.

在这一点上，罗马人几乎肯定部署的是五层划桨。

He surrounded the city, and the ships joined battle from the sea.

他围困了那座城市，也从海上发起攻击。

When you are on a Viking ship, you're all together.

当你在维京上时，大家是一起的。

About 3,000 Athenian soldiers, 180 ships, only about 10 ships escape.

大约3000名雅典士兵，180艘，只有大约10艘逃脱。

But if I recall that article correctly, that was about the triremes ramming each other at fairly short distances during the siege of Syracuse, where you get the... Epotides, I think they're called, the cat's heads at the front, yeah.

如果我没记错那篇文章的内容，它讲的是在叙拉古围城中，三列桨在相当短的距离内相互撞击，头有被称为“猫头”的撞角。

While the Rus devastated areas near the coast, the day was saved by bringing 15, quote, battered old galleys, end quote, out of mothballs and rigging up Greek fire throwers at the bows, sterns, and broadside.

尽管罗斯人破坏了沿海地区，但通过重新启用15艘“破旧的古”，并在头、尾和侧舷安希腊火投射器，最终扭转了局面，挽救了危局。

This is when you modify the clock to speed up the tempo of the CPU -- like when the drummer speeds up when the Roman Galley needs to ram another ship.

这是当你调整时钟速度以加快中央处理器的运行节奏——就像罗马需要撞击另一艘时，鼓手加快节奏一样。

The towering Spanish ships were built to do several jobs, to overwhelm indigenous peoples as they pushed their empire ever further, to dissuade pirates and privateers from attacking their treasure fleets.

这些庞大的西班牙被设计用于多种任务：在不断扩张帝国版图的过程中，它们要能压制原住民； 同时，它们还要能震慑海盗和私掠， 防止他们袭击西班牙的宝藏舰队。

No matter how strong or weak the wind was, an ancient Greek galley could make good headway thanks to its bank of twenty-five oars on each side.

无论风力强弱，古希腊的凭借两侧各二十五支桨的配置， 总能稳健前行。