[N-COUNT 可数名词]船;小船 A boat is something in which people can travel across water.
[also by N]
One of the best ways to see the area is in a small boat...
游览该地区的一个最好方式是乘坐小船。
The island may be reached by boat from the mainland.
这个岛屿可以从大陆乘小船到达。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]客轮;客船 You can refer to a passenger ship as a boat .
When the boat reached Cape Town, we said a temporary goodbye.
客轮到达开普敦时,我们暂时分别。
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See also:
gravy boat
;
rowing boat
;
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[PHRASE 短语]坐失良机;错失机会 If you say that someone has missed the boat, you mean that they have missed an opportunity and may not get another.
[V inflects]
[BRIT 英]
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[PHRASE 短语](尤指为了庆祝)挥金如土,大事铺张 If you push the boat out, you spend a lot of money on something, especially in order to celebrate.
[V inflects]
I earn enough to push the boat out now and again.
我挣的钱足以时不时摆摆阔了。
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[PHRASE 短语]捣乱;兴风作浪 If you say that someone is rocking the boat, you mean that they are upsetting a calm situation and causing trouble.
[V inflects]
I said I didn't want to rock the boat in any way.
我说过我根本不想挑事。
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[PHRASE 短语]处于相同的倒霉境地;同病相怜 If two or more people are in the same boat, they are in the same unpleasant situation.
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boat★/bəʊt; NAmEboʊt/noun _boats_comp.jpg _rowingboat.jpg 1★a vehicle (smaller than a ship) that travels on water, moved by oars,sails or a motor 小船;汽艇;舟◆a rowing/sailing boat划艇;帆船◆a fishing boat渔船◆You can take a boat tripalong the coast. 你可以乘船沿海岸旅游一趟。☞see also
canal boat
,
lifeboat
,
motorboat
,
powerboat
,
speedboat
,
steamboat
2★any ship (泛指)船◆‘How are you going to France?’ ‘We're going by boat(= by ferry). ’ “你们怎么去法国?”“我们乘船去。”☞see also
gravy boat
,
sauce boat
IDIOMbe in the same ˈboatto be in the same difficult situation 处于同样的困境☞more at
burn
v.,
float
v.,
miss
v.,
push
v.,
rock
v.boatboatsboatedboatingboat/bəʊt; NAmEboʊt/
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boatboat /bəʊt $ boʊt/ ●●●S1W2 noun [countable]
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1a vehicle that travels across water: a fishing boat The boat capsized (=turned over) in heavy seas. a boat trip around the islandsby boat Some of the beaches can only be reached by boat.on/in a boat MacKay said he would sleep on his boat. →
lifeboat
, motorboat
, powerboat
, speedboat
, steamboat
2informal a ship, especially one that carries passengers: We’re taking the night boat to St. Malo.3be in the same boat (as somebody) to be in the same unpleasant situation as someone else: Everyone has lost their job. We’re all in the same boat. →
gravy boat
, sauce boat
, → burn your bridges/boats
at burn1(18)
, → miss the boat
at miss1(14)
, → push the boat out
at push1(15)
, → rock the boat
at rock2(3)
COLLOCATIONSverbssail a boat· They’re sailing a boat down the coast of Portugal.row a boat· Are you any good at rowing a boat?take a boat out· Why don’t we take the boat out on the river?steer a boat· He steered the boat carefully to the shore.launch a boat (=put it in the water)· Where’s the best place to launch the boat?tie up/moor a boat (=tie it to something so that it stays in one place)· You can tie up the boat to that tree.· How much does it cost to moor a boat here?a boat rocks (=moves from side to side in the water)· The little boat was rocking in the wind.a boat capsizes/overturns (=turns over in the water)· Will stood up suddenly and the boat capsized.a boat overturns (=turns over in the water)a boat sinks· The boat sank in a storm.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + boata fishing boat· The fishing boats go out to sea early in the morning.a rowing boat British Englisha sailing boat British Englisha canal boat (also a narrow boat British English) (=for use on canals)· We had a holiday on a canal boat in France.a pleasure boat (=a small boat that people use on a lake, river etc)boat + NOUNa boat trip· You can take a boat trip to the islands nearby.a boat race· There’s a boat race on the river tomorrow.THESAURUStypes of boatyacht a large boat with a sail, used for pleasure or sportsailing boat British English, sailboat American English a boat that uses one or more sailsrowing boat British English, rowboat American English a small boat that you move through the water with oarsdinghy a small open boat used for pleasure, or for taking people between a ship and the shorecatamaran a sailing boat with two separate hulls (=the part that goes in the water)trimaran a sailing boat with three separate hullssbarge a large low boat with a flat bottom, used for carrying heavy goods on a canal or rivercanal boat (also narrow boat British English) a boat that you use on canalscanoe a long light boat that is open at the top and pointed at both ends, which you move along using a paddle. Canoes are for one to three peoplekayak a light boat for one or two people, that is pointed at both ends and covered on top. A kayak has round holes on top in which the people sit, and you move it along using a paddle.punt a long thin boat with a flat bottom that you move by pushing a long pole against the bottom of the river – used for pleasurehouseboat a boat that is specially made so that you can live on itpleasure boat a small boat, for example a sailing boat or a rowing boat, that people use on a lake, river etc: · People were out on the lake in pleasure boats. →
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[bəʊt]boated, boating, boats
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boating[847] boats[10756]
船(95%),划船(3%),乘船(1%),放于船上(1%)
n.小船;轮船
vi.划船
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