- 1（船、飛機、車上的）收納空間、置物空間；貨物的裝載、堆放。台灣講船或遊艇時多半直接說「收納空間」，不會有一個常用的專門譯法；若在航運文件裡，「裝載」「堆裝」比較貼近原意。
Stowage is the room you have on a ship, plane, truck or car for putting things away — the space itself, not the things. A captain talks about the stowage in the hold; a boat magazine will say a small yacht has 'plenty of stowage under the seats'.
Stowage isStowage指的是 the room you have on a ship, plane, truck or car你在船、飛機、卡車或車上 for putting things away用來收納東西的空間—— the space itself是空間本身， not the things不是東西。 A captain talks about船長會談到 the stowage in the hold貨艙裡的收納空間； a boat magazine will say船隻雜誌則會說 a small yacht has一艘小遊艇有 'plenty of stowage under the seats'「座位下有很多收納空間」。
The word is old and a bit technical. Ordinary people today say storage space or just space; stowage still lives on in sailing, shipping and aviation, and you will meet it in boat advertisements and in writing about the sea.
The word is這個字 old and a bit technical老派又帶點技術性。 Ordinary people today say現在一般人會說 storage space「收納空間」， or just space或直接說「空間」； stowage still lives onstowage則還留存在 sailing, shipping and aviation航海、航運和航空領域， and you will meet it你會看到它 in boat advertisements and in writing about the sea在船隻廣告和跟海有關的文章裡。
Though actually the word does two more jobs, and the same spelling covers all three. It can mean the act of packing things away and packing them well — 'careful stowage of the cargo' means someone loaded it properly so it will not slide about. And in shipping it can mean the money paid for that space. So when you meet it, ask yourself: the room, the loading, or the fee?
Though actually不過其實 the word does two more jobs這個字還有另外兩種用法， and the same spelling covers all three同一個拼法涵蓋了全部三種意思。 It can mean它可以指 the act of packing things away and packing them well把東西妥善收好、裝好的這個動作—— 'careful stowage of the cargo'「仔細裝載貨物」 means意思是 someone loaded it properly有人把貨物裝得很好， so it will not slide about才不會滑動。 And in shipping而在航運業裡， it can mean它也可以指 the money paid for that space為那個空間付的錢。 So when you meet it所以你遇到這個字的時候， ask yourself要問自己： the room是空間、 the loading是裝載， or the fee還是費用？
Most of the time it is the room.
Most of the time大多數時候， it is the room指的是空間。
One more thing worth noticing: stowage suggests packing things in tightly and out of sight — under a seat, below a deck, inside a locker. That is different from storage, which can be a whole warehouse standing in a field. Stowage is small, clever, tucked-away space.
One more thing worth noticing還有一點值得注意： stowage suggests packing things in tightly and out of sightstowage給人的感覺是把東西塞得緊緊的、藏起來—— under a seat在座位下、 below a deck甲板下、 inside a locker置物櫃裡。 That is different from storage這跟storage不一樣， which can be a whole warehouse standing in a fieldstorage可以是一整座立在空地上的倉庫。 Stowage isStowage是 small, clever, tucked-away space小小的、聰明地藏起來的空間。
core核心畫面
組成stow（把東西收好、堆放）+ -age。The ending -age turns a verb into a noun for the result, the amount, or the charge — which is exactly why this one word can mean the space, the act, and the fee all at once. It came into English through Old French, from Latin -aticum.
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
stowagenoun
- 1
The act or practice of stowing.
- the stowage of cargo
- 2
A place where things are stowed.
- Accommodations were so poor I think we were in stowage, with the rest of the cargo.
- 3
Things that are stowed.
- Our stowage disappeared down the chute, into the employee only cargo area, never to be seen again by man.
- 4
Amount of room for storing things.
- The reduction in the ship's size naturally reduced her stowage.
- 5
A charge for stowing and storage.
- We'll have to pay the stowage if we want our crate back.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。