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Ferry Boat ˈferi River People N Ferried Short

word ferry
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]渡船;渡轮 A ferry is a boat that transports passengers and sometimes also vehicles, usually across rivers or short stretches of sea.
  [also by N]
  • They had recrossed the River Gambia by ferry.

    他们乘渡船再次穿过冈比亚河。

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[VERB 动词](通常指定时往返两地间)运送,渡运,摆渡 If a vehicle ferries people or goods, it transports them, usually by means of regular journeys between the same two places.
  [V n prep/adv]
  [V n amount]
  [V n with adv]
  [Also V n]
  • Every day, a plane arrives to ferry guests to and from Bird Island Lodge...

    每天,都有架飞机来鸟岛宾馆接送客人。

  • It was still dark when five coaches started to ferry the miners the 140 miles from the Silverhill colliery...

    天还黑着,就有5辆大巴开始从距银山煤矿 140 英里的地方出发运送矿工。

  • A helicopter ferried in more soldiers to help in the search.

    一架直升机运来更多的士兵协助搜索。


Oxford ferry / ˈferi ; NAmE ˈferi /
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ferry ferries ferried ferrying
noun _shipsandboats_comp.jpg _ferry.jpg ( plural ferries ) a boat or ship that carries people, vehicles and goods across a river or across a narrow part of the sea 渡船;摆渡 the cross-channel ferry service 横渡海峡轮渡服务 We caught the ferry at Ostend. 我们在奥斯坦德赶上了渡船。 the Dover-Calais ferry crossing 多佛尔 – 加来轮渡 the Staten Island ferry 往返斯塔滕岛的渡船 collocationsat
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verb ( fer·ries , ferry·ing , fer·ried , fer·ried ) [transitive ,  intransitive ] ferry(sb/sth) (+ adv./prep.) to carry people or goods in a boat or other vehicle from one place to another, often for a short distance and as a regular service 渡运;摆渡 He offered to ferry us across the river in his boat. 他提出坐他的船载我们渡河。 The children need to be ferried to and from school. 孩子们上学放学需要摆渡。 ferry / ˈferi ; NAmE ˈferi /
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ferry1 noun
ferry2 verb
ferryfer‧ry1 /ˈferi/ ●●○ noun (plural ferries) [countable]
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a boat that carries people or goods across a river or a narrow area of water
ferry1 noun
ferry2 verb
ferryferry2 verb (past tense and past participle ferried, present participle ferrying, third person singular ferries) [transitive always + adverb/preposition]
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to carry people or things a short distance from one place to another in a boat or other vehicleferry somebody/something (from something) to something The ship was used to ferry supplies to Russia during the war.ferry somebody/something across something ferrying passengers across the Channel
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ferry

[ˈferi]ferried, ferrying, ferries

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ferries[339]
渡船(51%),渡口(27%),摆渡(16%),运输(6%)
n.渡船;摆渡;渡口
vt.(乘渡船)渡过;用渡船运送;空运
vi.摆渡;来往行驶
n.(Ferry)人名;(法、德、英、印尼)费里

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