(chiefly historical)a light sailing boat used mainly for coastal fishing or as a tender (主史)(沿海捕鱼或补给用的)轻型帆船 ■a large heavy boat with one or more masts and carrying fore-and-aft or lug sails and sometimes equipped with guns (有的装有大炮的)斜桁横帆单(或多)桅船
语源
late 16th cent.: from French chaloupe, from Dutch sloep 'sloop'