单词 | barge |
释义 | barge /bahrj/, n. , v. , barged, barging. n. 1. a capacious, flat-bottomed vessel, usually intended to be pushed or towed, for transporting freight or passengers; lighter. 2. a vessel of state used in pageants: elegantly decorated barges on the Grand Canal in Venice. 3. Navy. a boat reserved for a flag officer. 4. a boat that is heavier and wider than a shell, often used in racing as a training boat. 5. New England. Chiefly Older Use. a large, horse-drawn coach or, sometimes, a bus. v.i. 6. to move clumsily; bump into things; collide: to barge through a crowd. 7. to move in the slow, heavy manner of a barge. v.t. 8. to carry or transport by barge: Coal and ore had been barged down the Ohio to the Mississippi. 9. barge in, to intrude, esp. rudely: I hated to barge in without an invitation. 10. barge into, a. Also, barge in on. to force oneself upon, esp. rudely; interfere in: to barge into a conversation. b. to bump into; collide with: He started to run away and barged into a passer-by. [1250-1300; ME < MF, perh. < L *barica; see BARK3] |
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