| 单词 | boat |
| 释义 | boat (once / 37 pages) 1nv 2n A boat is a water craft, a vessel that floats and can be propelled through the water. If you buy a private island, you'll need a boat to get there. A lobster boat travels across ocean bays powered by a small motor, and a sail boat is moved by the wind hitting its sails at a particular angle. A much smaller type of boat is a gravy boat, a boat-shaped serving dish that holds a sauce. Boat is sometimes used as a verb, meaning "to go out in a boat." The Old English root is bat, "ship or vessel," from a Germanic source. WORD FAMILYboat: boated, boater, boating, boats+/boater: boaters/boating: boatings USAGE EXAMPLESFinally, as the turtle slowed down, he positioned the boat near the fatigued animal. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Rickety boats ferry small groups of migrants to Curacao, Bonaire and other Caribbean islands a short distance from Venezuela’s north coast. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) More amused than chastened, Mills said, “It’s two captains with one boat.” The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n a small vessel for travel on water Hypo|Hyper ark a boat built by Noah to save his family and animals from the flood barge, flatboat, hoy, lightera flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals) bumboata small boat that ferries supplies and commodities for sale to a larger ship at anchor canal boat, narrow boat, narrowboata long boat that carries freight and is narrow enough to be used in canals ferry, ferryboata boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule fireboata boat equipped to fight fires on ships or along a waterfront gondolalong narrow flat-bottomed boat propelled by sculling; traditionally used on canals of Venice guard boata boat that is on guard duty (as in a harbor) around a fleet of warships gunboata small shallow-draft boat carrying mounted guns; used by costal patrols junkany of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails longboatthe largest boat carried by a merchant sailing vessel luggersmall fishing boat rigged with one or more lugsails Mackinaw boat, mackinawa flat-bottomed boat used on upper Great Lakes mail boat, mailboat, packet, packet boata boat for carrying mail motorboat, powerboata boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine pilot boata boat to carry pilots to and from large ships police boata boat used by harbor police puntan open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole river boata boat used on rivers or to ply a river scowany of various flat-bottomed boats with sloping ends sea boata boat that is seaworthy; that is adapted to the open seas small boata boat that is small steamboata boat propelled by a steam engine surfboata boat that can be launched or landed in heavy surf cutter, pinnace, ship's boat, tendera boat for communication between ship and shore towboat, tower, tug, tugboata powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships cabin cruiser, cruiser, pleasure boat, pleasure crafta large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board canoesmall and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle car-ferrya ferry that transports motor vehicles cockleshella small light flimsy boat coraclea small rounded boat made of hides stretched over a wicker frame; still used in some parts of Great Britain dinghy, dory, rowboata small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled dredgera barge (or a vessel resembling a barge) that is used for dredging gigtender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain giglong and light rowing boat; especially for racing houseboata barge that is designed and equipped for use as a dwelling keelboatriver boat with a shallow draught and a keel but no sails; used to carry freight; moved by rowing or punting or towing launcha motorboat with an open deck or a half deck lifeboata strong sea boat designed to rescue people from a sinking ship outboard, outboard motorboata motorboat with an outboard motor pontoon(nautical) a floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock or to support a bridge racing boata boat propelled by oarsmen and designed for racing scowa barge carrying bulk materials in an open hold showboata river steamboat on which theatrical performances could be given (especially on the Mississippi River) skiffany of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor speedboata fast motorboat scooter, sea scooter, water scootera motorboat resembling a motor scooter whaleboata long narrow boat designed for quick turning and use in rough seas Norfolk wherry, wherrysailing barge used especially in East Anglia yawla ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars) vessel, watercraft a craft designed for water transportation 2v ride in a boat on water 2Hypo|Hyper motorboat ride in a motorboat yachttravel in a yacht sailtravel on water propelled by wind rowpropel with oars canoetravel by canoe kayaktravel in a small canoe paddlepropel with a paddle strokerow at a particular rate feather, squareturn the oar, while rowing feather, squareturn the paddle; in canoeing runsail before the wind luff, pointsail close to the wind weathersail to the windward of beatsail with much tacking or with difficulty rack, scudrun before a gale outpointsail closer to the wind than tack, wear roundturn into the wind wear shipturn away from the wind change course, gybe, jib, jibeshift from one side of the ship to the other pulloperate when rowing a boat scullpropel with sculls ride be carried or travel on or in a vehicle n a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce Syn|Hypo|Hyper gravy boat, gravy holder, sauceboat argyle, argyll a covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm dish a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food |
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