ferry
/ˈferi/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈferi/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈfer-ē ˈfe-rē/ (ame, mw) · /ˈfer.i/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈfer.i/ (ame, ipa)
ferry — 名詞
- ferrysingular
- ferriesplural
1. A boat that follows a set route and timetable, carrying passengers, cars, and go
渡輪
定時載運人車過河的船
A boat that follows a set route and timetable, carrying passengers, cars, and goods over a river or short stretch of sea.
The ferry from Hong Kong to Macau takes about one hour each way.
從香港到澳門的渡輪大約需要一個小時。
named route: from [A] to [B]
Cyrus took the morning ferry across the river to reach his new office.
Cyrus 搭早上的渡輪過河，前往新的辦公室。
take + the + ferry + across [water]
There are three ferries a day between the two islands during summer.
夏季期間，這兩個島之間每天有三班渡輪。
The last evening ferry can carry up to forty cars and two hundred passengers.
晚班渡輪最多可承載四十輛汽車和兩百名乘客。
Lien drove her scooter onto the ferry and stayed with it during the crossing.
Lien 把她的機車騎上渡輪，航行期間一直待在車旁。
- boat
a more general term; a ferry is a type of boat that runs on a regular route
- ship
used for larger ferries that cross open sea, but ship usually implies long-distance travel
- passenger vessel
more formal; covers all types of ships that carry passengers, not only ferries
ferry — 動詞
- ferrypresent simple I / you / we / they
- ferries3rd person singular
- ferrying-ing form
- ferriedpast simple
1. To move people or goods between two places repeatedly, often by car, bus, boat,
運送；載送
用交通工具反覆載送
To move people or goods between two places repeatedly, often by car, bus, boat, or aircraft as part of a regular duty.
Every morning, Saira ferries her youngest child to school before cycling to work.
每天早上，Saira 先開車送最小的孩子上學，再騎腳踏車去上班。
ferry + [someone] + to + [place]
Supplies are ferried to the mountain village by helicopter when the roads are blocked.
道路受阻時，物資由直升機運送到山上的村莊。
passive: be ferried + to + [place]
The hotel runs a free bus that ferries guests from the airport to the resort.
這家旅館提供免費巴士，定時從機場接載旅客到度假村。
Felipe ferried the wedding guests across the river in his wooden rowboat.
Felipe 用他的木造划艇把婚禮賓客擺渡到河對岸。
Local farmers ferry their fruit and vegetables to the city market before sunrise.
當地的農民在天亮前就把蔬果運到城裡的市場。
文法句型
ferry + noun phrase + to/from/across + noun phrase
用法筆記
The object of ferry is the person or goods being transported, not the vehicle itself. A prepositional phrase starting with to, from, across, or between nearly always follows to indicate the route.