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单词 push-boat
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push-boat
push-boat n.
Brit. /ˈpʊʃbəʊt/
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U.S. /ˈpʊʃˌboʊt/
a boat propelled by a pushing motion; (also) a boat used for pushing another.
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1862 J. A. Garfield Let. 10 Mar. in War of Rebellion (U.S. War Dept.) (1884) 1st Ser. X. xxii. 28 I can rely on steamboat transportation to this point for nearly a month yet; after which a fleet of push boats can be used.
1881 Congress. Rec. 15 Feb. 1685/1 They want to have the stream made so that it can be navigable for..old-fashioned stern-wheel steamers, push-boats, or whatever they may desire.
1928 P. C. Chambliss in J. Schoettle Sailing Craft 202 The patent stern affords means of fixing davits by which bugeyes may hoist their motor yawls or push boats.
1984 G. A. Effinger in Isaac Asimov's Sci. Fiction Mag. Jan. 106 Denise arrived in New Orleans and sat at the foot of the levee and watched the pushboats shoving barges against the Mississippi.
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