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单词 boatload
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boatload

(boʊtloʊd) also boat load
Word forms: plural boatloads
countable noun
A boatload of people or things is a lot of people or things that are, or were, in a boat.
...a boatload of rice.

boatload in British English

(ˈbəʊtˌləʊd)
noun
the amount of cargo or number of people held by a boat or ship

boatload in American English

(ˈboʊtˌloʊd)
noun
1. 
all the freight or passengers that a boat can carry or contain
2. 
the load carried by a boat

Examples of 'boatload' in a sentence
boatload

Nora and Olga had met on a boatload of refugees from Odessa crossing the Atlantic to North America.
Adair, Tom (Intro) THREE KINDS OF KISSING - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES (2002)
A pirate, having more prisoners than he has room for, tows one boatload astern.
Annie Proulx THE SHIPPING NEWS (2002)
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