boat

/bəʊt/ (bre, ipa) · /bəʊt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈbōt/ (ame, mw)

boat — 名詞

1. a fairly small craft used on rivers, lakes, or near the coast, not a large ship

1.名詞A1
釋義

小船

在水上載人或載物的小型交通工具

a fairly small craft used on rivers, lakes, or near the coast, not a large ship

例句

Ravi tied the boat to a post beside the wooden bridge.

Ravi 把小船綁在木橋旁的一根柱子上。

tie the boat to + place

A small boat carried vegetables across the river before sunrise.

一艘小船在日出前把蔬菜運過河。

同義詞
  • vessel

    more formal and technical; it can be much larger than a boat

  • canoe

    a narrow light boat moved with a paddle

  • dinghy

    a very small open boat, often carried by a larger one

文法句型

go by boat

rent a boat

boat on the lake

用法筆記

Often modified by words naming size or purpose, such as small, fishing, rescue, or rowing. Distinguish from sense 2, which can refer to a much larger ship.

常見錯誤

We sat on the shore and watched many boat.
We sat on the shore and watched many boats.
💡after 'many', this countable noun needs a plural form.
We went to the island with a boat.
We went to the island by boat.
💡for the method of travel, English usually uses 'by boat'.

2. a large ship, especially in the everyday speech of sailors or passengers on it

2.名詞B2
釋義

船;大船

指較大的船,常是船上人的說法

a large ship, especially in the everyday speech of sailors or passengers on it

例句

Our boat carries four hundred passengers between the two islands each day.

我們這艘船每天在兩座島之間載運四百名乘客。

boat = passenger ship

After ten weeks at sea, everyone on the boat wanted fresh fruit.

在海上待了十週後,船上的每個人都想吃新鮮水果。

同義詞
  • ship

    the plain and more exact word for a large sea-going vessel

  • vessel

    formal and technical, common in official or maritime writing

  • ferry

    a ship that carries people or vehicles on a regular route

文法句型

the boat docked

on the boat

leave the boat

用法筆記

Often used by sailors, passengers, or news reports for a vessel large enough to have a crew, decks, or cabins. Distinguish from sense 1, which usually suggests a smaller craft on rivers or lakes.

常見錯誤

The boat has 500 passengers, so it cannot be called a boat.
The boat has 500 passengers.
💡in this sense, 'boat' can still mean a large ship.
The captain returned to his ship, not his boat.
The captain returned to his boat.
💡sailors often call their own ship a boat.

boat — 動詞