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corvette

noun
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  1. a small fast ship used in war to protect other ships from attack小型护卫舰Topics Transport by waterc2
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, from Dutch korf, denoting a kind of ship, + the diminutive suffix -ette.

Corvette

noun
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(also also informal Vette
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  1. a low, fast US sports car produced by the Chevrolet section of General Motors. It was first sold in 1953, and one of its most popular models was the Stingray. The National Corvette Museum opened in 1994 in Bowling Green, Kentucky.