| 单词 | canoe |
| 释义 | canoe (once / 188 pages) nv A canoe is a narrow boat that you propel and steer by paddling. Most canoes are fairly light, so that one or two people can carry them easily to the water. A canoe is wide enough for one person to sit in front of another, and pointed at both ends. Paddlers sit or kneel in the canoe and push through the water with wide, usually wooden paddles to direct their path through the water. The word canoe comes, by way of the Spanish canoa, from the Haitian language known as Carib or Arawakan, canaoua. WORD FAMILYcanoe: canoed, canoeing, canoeist, canoes+/canoeist: canoeists USAGE EXAMPLESThe canoe was heaped with valuable trade goods: copper, flint, weapons, textiles, and beer. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) There’s nothing like a good canoe, and mine is nothing like a good canoe. The Guardian(Dec 24, 2016) The statement says the project is expected to reduce flooding risks and open up new areas for canoeing, kayaking and fishing. Washington Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1n small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle Hypo|Hyper birch bark, birchbark, birchbark canoe a canoe made with the bark of a birch tree dugout, dugout canoe, piroguea canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log kayaka small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins; used by Eskimos outrigger canoea seagoing canoe (as in South Pacific) with an outrigger to prevent it from upsetting small boat a boat that is small 2v travel by canoe canoe along the canal Hyper boat ride in a boat on water |
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