gunboats

After the First Opium War, Western powers used gunboats to open Chinese closed door over a hundred years.

第一次鸦片战争爆发后，西方列强用坚船利炮强行撬开了中国封闭了百余年的大门。

Fox said a few warships could be sent to prevent southern gunboats from interfering.

福克斯说,可以派遣少数军舰前往,以阻止南方炮艇的干扰.

Our gunboats ploughed the waves.

我军炮艇破浪前进.

Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum, wrote in "A History of the World in 100 Objects" that the picture reflected frightened fishermen and an insecure, cloistered Japan about to be forced by American gunboats into the modern world.

大英博物馆主任麦克格瑞格在“100物件看世界历史”中如是写道：这幅画展现了在美国炮舰的逼迫下，受到惊吓的日本渔民连同有失稳固而又与世隔绝的日本国一起被迫走向现代化。

I doubt they ( the Chinese) will send any gunboats around to "open" trade up.

我不信他们（中国人）会到处派遣炮艇去“开发”贸易。

Our gunboats are ploughing the waves.

我军炮艇正在破浪前进.

A lot of gunboats were in port.

港口里停着许多炮艇.

Coming up behind them were warships and gunboats.

紧跟在他们后面的是军舰和炮艇.

Anti-frigate gunboats . The middle ground between a frigate and a cruiser.

反 护卫舰炮舰. 它是在护卫舰和巡洋舰之间.