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資料來源(1): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Navvy \Nav"vy\, n.; pl. {Navies}. [Abbreviated fr. navigator.]
     Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation;
     hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building
     railroads, embankments, etc. [Eng.]

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Navy \Na"vy\; n.; pl. {Navies}. [ OF. navie, fr. L. navis ship.
     See {Nave} of a church.]
     1. A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many
        as sail in company. ``The navy also of Hiram, that brought
        gold from Ophir.'' --1 kings x. 11.
  
     2. The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or
        ruler, considered collectively; as, the navy of Italy.
  
     3. The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a
        nation; as, he belongs to the navy.
  
     {Navy bean}. see {Bean}.
  
     {Navy yard}, a place set apart as a shore station for the use
        of the navy. It often contains all the mechanical and
        other appliences for building and equipping war vessels
        and training their crews.