The main body of a ship is called the hull.船舶的主船体叫做hull.
This is the area between the main deck ,the sides and the bottom.It is made up of frames covered with plating.
Hull 指的是主甲板，船舷与船底之间的覆盖着涂层的框架结构。
The foremost part is called the stem and the rearmost part is called stern.
船首称为stem ,船尾为stern.
The hull is divided up into a number of watertight compartments by decks and bulkheads.
主船体（hull）被甲板和舱壁分隔成很多的水密舱室。
Bulkheads are vertical steel walls going across the ship and along .Decks divide the hull horizontally.
舱壁是船舶船体中垂直的钢板墙壁，而甲板是船体的水平部分。
The hull contains the engine room ,cargo space and a number of tanks.
船体中包含机舱，货舱，和很多舱室。
In dry cargo ships the cargo space is divided into holds, in liquid cargo ships it is divided into tanks.
干货船中，货舱被称为hold ,液体货船中货舱被称为tank.
At the fore end of the hull is the fore peak tank and at the after end is the aft peak tank.They are used for fresh water and water ballast.
船体首尾处的舱室称为艏尖舱和尾尖舱，用于装载压载水。
词汇
stem[stɛm] 船首
stern [stɝn] 船尾
midship ["mɪd,ʃɪp] 船中
compartment[kəm"pɑrtmənt] 舱室
deck [dɛk] 甲板
Bulkhead["bʌlkhɛd] 舱壁
engine room["ɛndʒɪn][rum]机舱
hold [hold] 干货船货舱
tank [tæŋk] 液体货轮的货舱
fore peak tank艏尖舱
aft peak tank尾尖舱
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