boats
boats — 名詞
- boatssingular
- boatsesplural
1. small vehicles that people use for travelling on rivers, lakes, or oceans, usual
船隻；小船
用於航行的小型水上交通工具
small vehicles that people use for travelling on rivers, lakes, or oceans, usually made of wood, metal, or plastic and moved by oars, sails, or an engine.
Soraya and her father keep two fishing boats at the small harbor near the village.
Soraya 和她的父親在村子附近的小港口停放了兩艘漁船。
keeps two fishing boats at [location]
Every summer, Niran and his friends rent small boats to explore the lake for a day.
每年夏天，Niran 和朋友會租小船在湖上探索一整天。
rent small boats to explore
The tour company painted all their wooden boats bright blue and white last spring.
那家旅遊公司去年春天把所有木船都漆成了鮮亮的藍白色。
The Watanabe family uses their small boat to check the fishing nets every morning before sunrise.
渡邊家每天清晨都用小船去檢查魚網。
uses their small boat to check [something]
- fishing boats
- sailing boats
- row a boat
- take a boat
- by boat
文法句型
boats + verb (plural)
number + boats
用法筆記
Boats is the plural form of boat. When referring to a single vehicle, use boat.
常見錯誤
2. a large ship that carries people, goods, or military equipment across the sea —
輪船；大船
口語中對大型船舶的稱呼
a large ship that carries people, goods, or military equipment across the sea — used in everyday language rather than official or technical language.
Huge cargo boats arrive at the port every morning, bringing goods from Asia and South America.
每天清晨，大型貨輪抵達港口，從亞洲和南美洲運來貨物。
cargo boats bring goods from [region]
Emma watched the cruise boats sail past her beach house late in the evening.
Emma 看著郵輪在傍晚時分駛過她海灘屋前的海面。
The navy sent three patrol boats to search for the missing ship near the coast.
海軍派出三艘巡邏艇沿著海岸搜尋那艘失蹤的船隻。
patrol boats — informal term for naval vessels
Passenger boats carry tourists between the islands from April through late October each year.
觀光船從四月到十月底載著遊客在各島嶼之間航行。
- cargo boats
- cruise boats
- patrol boats
- passenger boats
文法句型
boats + verb (plural)
用法筆記
In informal English, boats is often used for large ships too, especially passenger or cargo ships. In official or technical writing, prefer ship or vessel.
常見錯誤
3. a long narrow dish shaped like a boat, used for serving sauce, gravy, or salad d
船形皿
餐桌上盛肉汁或醬料的長形容器
a long narrow dish shaped like a boat, used for serving sauce, gravy, or salad dressing at the dinner table.
Lara placed the gravy boat next to the roasted chicken before calling everyone to dinner.
Lara 在叫大家吃晚餐前，把醬汁船形皿放在烤雞旁邊。
gravy boat — the most common type of sauce boat
Darius searched the cupboard for a clean sauce boat to serve the salad dressing in.
Darius 翻遍櫥櫃，想找一個乾淨的醬料船形皿來裝沙拉醬。
The antique shop had a silver sauce boat with elegant handles on both sides.
那家古董店裡有一只銀質醬汁船形皿，兩邊都有優雅的手柄。
Aoi's grandmother handed her the porcelain sauce boat and asked her to fill it with gravy.
Aoi 的奶奶把瓷製醬料船形皿遞給她，要她裝肉汁。
- gravy boat
- sauce boat
- silver boat
- ceramic boat
- gravy boat
the most common term for this dish, specifically for gravy
- sauceboat
one-word variant, interchangeable with sauce boat
文法句型
a/the boat (of/for [liquid])
用法筆記
Boat in this sense is almost always used with a modifier, such as gravy boat or sauce boat. The item is found in formal dinner settings.
miss the boat
idiomto lose an opportunity to do something because you did not act quickly enough.
錯失良機
Elena wanted to buy the house, but someone else made an offer first — she missed the boat.
If you do not apply for the scholarship before Friday, you will miss the boat entirely.
rock the boat
idiomto cause problems or arguments within a group by challenging the usual way of doing things.
惹亂子；搗亂
The team was getting along well, so Soraya did not want to rock the boat by bringing up old complaints.
Management prefers employees who follow the rules rather than those who rock the boat with new ideas.
in the same boat
idiomto be in the same difficult situation as someone else.
處境相同；同病相憐
The flood damaged both shops, so the two owners realized they were in the same boat.
Many students failed the test, so no one felt alone — everyone was in the same boat.
push the boat out
idiomto spend a lot of money on a celebration or special occasion, especially more than you usually would.
大肆慶祝；揮霍
The Watanabes really pushed the boat out for their daughter's wedding by hiring a live band.
Since it was his retirement party, the office decided to push the boat out and book a fancy restaurant.
boats — 動詞
- boatspresent simple I / you / we / they
- boatses3rd person singular
- boatsing-ing form
- boatsedpast simple
1. to lift or pull something, especially a fish that has been caught, into a boat f
拉上船
將魚或漁具從水中拉進船裡
to lift or pull something, especially a fish that has been caught, into a boat from the water.
After a long struggle, Aoi finally boated the huge salmon and held it up proudly.
經過一番長時間的搏鬥，Aoi 終於把那條巨大的鮭魚拉上船，得意地舉起來。
boat + [fish] — to pull a caught fish into the boat
The experienced fisherman boats his net quickly whenever he spots a large catch beneath the surface.
那位經驗豐富的漁夫一看到水面下有大批魚群，就會迅速把漁網拉上船。
Tamar leaned over the side and carefully boated the dripping rope before tying it to the cleat.
Tamar 探出船舷，小心地把滴著水的繩索拉上船，然後繫在纜樁上。
With one smooth motion, the guide boated the heavy crate before waves could tip it over.
嚮導一個流暢的動作就把沉重的木箱拉上船，沒讓海浪打翻它。
- boat a fish
- boat the catch
- boat the net
文法句型
boat + noun phrase
用法筆記
This sense is almost entirely restricted to fishing contexts. The object is typically the fish that was caught or the gear used to catch it. Rare in everyday conversation.
2. to travel or spend time on a boat for pleasure, as a hobby, or as a regular way
乘船；划船
以船為交通工具或休閒活動
to travel or spend time on a boat for pleasure, as a hobby, or as a regular way of getting somewhere.
Every morning, Maja boats across the river to reach the school on the other side.
每天早上，Maja 划船渡河，到對岸的學校上課。
boat across [body of water] — travel by boat regularly
The club boats along the coast every Saturday, stopping at different islands for lunch.
這個俱樂部每星期六沿著海岸航行，在不同的島嶼停下來吃午餐。
Ezra often boats down the canal to visit his grandmother who lives near the old bridge.
Ezra 常常沿著運河划船，去探望住在舊橋附近的外婆。
Whenever the road is flooded, Iker boats across the inlet to reach his workshop on time.
每當道路淹水時，Iker 就划船穿過小海灣，準時到達他的工作室。
- boat across
- boat along
- boat down
- go boating
文法句型
boat + adverb/prepositional phrase
用法筆記
Go boating is much more common in everyday English than the single verb boats. This verb form appears mostly in written descriptions of regular habits or scheduled routes.
常見錯誤
同根字
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- fishing boat
- sailing boat
- motor boat
- cargo boat
- passenger boat
- gravy boat
常用片語
- miss the boat
- rock the boat
- in the same boat
- push the boat out
- take a boat
- board a boat
介系詞搭配
- by boat
- in a boat
- on a boat
- aboard a boat