narrowboat
/ˈnærəʊbəʊt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈnærəʊbəʊt/ (ame, ipa)
narrowboat — 名詞
- narrowboatsingular
- narrowboatsplural
1. a long boat with a very narrow body, built to travel along the small canals of B
窄船；運河船
英國運河上的細長船隻
a long boat with a very narrow body, built to travel along the small canals of Britain and often used today as a holiday home on the water.
Sofia and Christopher spent a week on a narrowboat travelling slowly through the English countryside.
Sofia 和 Christopher 在一艘窄船上度過了一週，慢慢地穿越英國鄉間。
collocation: on a narrowboat
The painted red and green narrowboat moved gently past the old stone bridge in Birmingham.
那艘漆著紅綠兩色的窄船，緩緩地經過伯明罕的古老石橋。
typical scene: narrowboat on a canal near a bridge
Otis built a small wood stove inside the narrowboat to keep the cabin warm during winter.
Otis 在窄船裡裝了一座小型柴火爐，讓船艙在冬天保持溫暖。
A row of colourful narrowboats was tied up along the canal near the market in Oxford.
一排顏色繽紛的窄船，沿著牛津市集附近的運河繫泊著。
Living on a narrowboat suits people who prefer a quiet life close to the water.
住在窄船上適合喜歡親近水邊、過著安靜生活的人。
- canal boat
a broader term that includes narrowboats and wider canal craft
- barge
usually wider and used for cargo; not interchangeable with narrowboat in British usage
文法句型
a/the narrowboat
on a narrowboat
用法筆記
Mostly British English; refers specifically to the long, slim boats designed for the narrow inland canals of the UK, not to wider canal cruisers or barges used elsewhere.