So was born the echo-sounding apparatus, now in general use in ships.

这样就产生了目前各种船舶上普遍应用的回声探测仪。

That would be the confirmation that it was in general use.

那将是对它被普遍使用的确认。

" Oneida castle" is no more than a scattered hamlet; but the name is in general use.

“奥奈达城堡” 只不过是一个分散的小村庄； 但这个名字是通用的。

By the time of the Rosetta Stone, 196 BC, hieroglyphs were no longer in general use, they were used and understood only by the priests in the temples.

在罗塞塔石碑制作的时期，象形文字的使用已大幅减少，只有神庙里的祭司才会用。