To do this he had employed every means of conveyance—steamers, railways, carriages, yachts, trading–vessels, sledges, elephants.

轮船、火车、马车、游艇、商船、雪橇和大象。

Once home to a glorious fleet of over 200 trading vessels, for centuries Dubrovnik was one of the world's great seafaring cities.

昔日更曾为有庞大船队基地，有超过 200 艘贸易商船停泊，杜布罗夫尼克数百年来素为世界顶尖的远洋城市。

The tulip was brought to Europe on trading vessels that sailed from the East.

郁金香是由从东方航行的商船带到欧洲的。

While the gigantic cruise ships have replaced the little trading vessels of old, many of the things which make Dubrovnik so special haven't changed at all.

虽然，巨型游轮现已取代昔日贸易小船的踪迹，但不少令杜布罗夫尼克独树一格的事物依然丝毫不变。

He was ready to give up hope when he spotted a trading vessel, its stack puffing a cloud of smoke, ready to depart.

当他准备放弃希望时，他发现了一艘商船，船上冒着一团烟雾，准备启航。

The board, in imitation of so wise and salutary an example, took counsel together on the expediency of shipping off Oliver Twist, in some small trading vessel bound to a good unhealthy port.

董事会效仿如此明智和有益的榜样，共同商议了从奥利弗·特维斯特 (Oliver Twist) 出发的权宜之计，该船是在一些开往一个良好的、不健康的港口的小型贸易船上。

He seemed about to give up all hope, when he espied, anchored at the Battery, a cable's length off at most, a trading vessel, with a screw, well–shaped, whose funnel, puffing a cloud of smoke, indicated that she was getting ready for departure.

看来这位绅士的最后打算似乎要失败了。可是就在这时，他发现离他至多有十分之一海里的地方有一艘带有机轮装备的商船，停在炮台的前边。这条船样子很俐落，烟筒里正冒着大团的黑烟，说明它就要出海了。