1630s, also corvet, from French corvette "small, fast frigate" (15c.), perhaps from Middle Dutch korver "pursuit ship," or Middle Low German korf meaning both a kind of boat and a basket, or from Latin corbita (navis) "slow-sailing ship of burden, grain ship" from corbis "basket" (Gamillscheg is against this). The U.S. sports car was so named September 1952, after the warship, on a suggestion by Myron Scott, employee of Campbell-Ewald, Chevrolet's advertising agency. Italian corvetta, Spanish corbeta are French loan-words.
例文
1. She still drives her trusty black Corvette .
彼女は依然として彼女のあの頑丈で信頼性の高い黒いコルベット車を運転している。/
2.Lucy 's distress call was heard by the corvette .
潜水艦を駆ってルーシーの救助信号を聞いた.
3.He drove home in his prize,a brand-new,shine white Corvette !
彼は賞品を持って行って、新しく光った白いコヴィットブランドの乗用車!
4. Corvette :Fast naval vessel smaller than a frigate.