资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Carack \Car"ack\, n. [F. caraque (cf. Sp. & Pg. carraca, It.
   caracca.), LL. carraca, fr. L. carrus wagon; or perh. fr. Ar.
   qorq[=u]r (pl. qar[=a]qir) a carack.] (Naut.)
   A kind of large ship formerly used by the Spaniards and
   Portuguese in the East India trade; a galleon. [Spelt also
   {carrack}.]

         The bigger whale like some huge carrack lay. --Waller.

资料来源 : WordNet®

carack
     n : a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman
         [syn: {carrack}]