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Boat Phrase 短语 Water   [V Inflects I Small

英语单词 boat
英美音标 英 [bəʊt] 美 [boʊt]
中文释义 n.船;船型物
v.划船;放于船上;乘船
英语例句 (1) They pushed the boat further into the water.
(2) Are you going to America by boat or by plane?
(3) Don't miss the boat.
(4) They are training for the boat race.
(5) Simon rowed a boat race and got first place.
(6) This name comes from something shouted by crewmen on a boat.
(7) As the highway bridge has been damaged by the torrential flood, we have to boat it.
中文例句 (1) 他们把小船又往水里推了推。
(2) 你到美国是坐船还是坐飞机?
(3) 不要坐失良机。
(4) 他们正在为划船比赛接受训练。
(5) 西蒙参加了划船比赛并赢得了冠军。
(6) 这个名字来自于船上的船员的喊叫。
(7) 公路桥被汹涌的洪水冲垮了,我们不得不乘船去。
vocabulary简明 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.
vocabulary扩展 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.
柯林斯解释
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[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.
        [usu v-link PHR]

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