1 a curved container that is used to hold liquid -- 器皿；容器
The remains of some Roman earthenware vessels were found during the dig. 挖掘過程中發現了一些古羅馬人的陶瓷器皿的殘片。
2 a person who has a particular quality or who is used for a particular purpose -- （有某種特質或用途的）人
3 a tube that carries liquids such as blood through the body -- （人體的）血管，脈管
The 169,000-ton vessel went down during a typhoon in the South China Sea.
The company has five oceangoing vessels.
Blood vessels cover all but the midventral part of the yolk.
However, many local shipping services also operated with vessels of 50 (or 75) tons and over.
Furthermore, there is considerable variability in the phenotype of vessels in tumors expressing different isoforms.
