flatboat
/ˈflæt.bəʊt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈflæt.boʊt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈflat-ˌbōt/ (ame, mw)
flatboat — 名詞
- flatboatsingular
- flatboatsplural
1. an open boat built with a level bottom and straight, upright ends, used on river
平底船
平底方頭、用於河運貨物的船隻
an open boat built with a level bottom and straight, upright ends, used on rivers and canals to move heavy freight and sometimes people
Miriam's family loads bags of grain onto the flatboat before sunrise.
Miriam 一家人在日出前將一袋袋穀物裝上平底船。
Kwame pushed the flatboat along the shallow river, weaving around fallen logs.
Kwame 推著平底船沿淺河前行，繞過倒下的木頭。
verb + flatboat + along + waterway for movement
Fatima watched a flatboat loaded with coal drift slowly past the old mill.
Fatima 看著一艘滿載煤炭的平底船緩緩漂過老磨坊。
Diego and his brother built a wooden flatboat to sell vegetables at riverside markets.
Diego 和弟弟打造了一艘木製平底船，好在河邊市場賣蔬菜。
Anika counts the flatboats tied up along the canal, each one heavy with timber.
Anika 數著運河邊繫泊的平底船，每一艘都滿載木材。
- barge
larger, often towed by a tugboat rather than poled by hand; still in common use today
- scow
also flat-bottomed and square-ended, but typically used as a work platform for dredging or carrying waste, not long-distance freight
- lighter
a flat-bottomed boat used specifically to transfer cargo between a large ship and a dock in harbours