boat

CET4TEM4考研CET6中高频词基本词汇

英 [bəʊt] 美[bot]

释义

n. 小船；轮船

vi. 划船

词态变化

复数: boats;

近义词

pram dugout tug craft kayak dinghy hydroplane packet skiff punt sailboat junk tub hydrofoil canoe shell yacht vessel tender sloop houseboat yawl pinnace

中文词源

boat 船

来自PIE *bheid, 砍，劈。反映古老的凿树为船的历史。词源同bite.

英文词源

boat: boat: [OE] In origin, the word boat seems to be restricted to northern parts of Europe: Old English bāt and Old Norse beit are the only early examples (German boot was borrowed from them, and French bateau comes from the English word). They point to a common Germanic origin in *bait-. It has been speculated that this may be related to bitt ‘post for fastening ship’s cables’. If true, this could mean that boat originally referred to one or other of the structural members of a wooden vessel.
boat (n.): Old English bat "boat, ship, vessel," from Proto-Germanic *bait- (cognates: Old Norse batr, Dutch boot, German Boot), possibly from PIE root *bheid- "to split" (see fissure) if the notion is of making a boat by hollowing out a tree trunk; or it may be an extension of the name for some part of a ship. French bateau "boat" is from Old English or Norse. Spanish batel, Italian battello, Medieval Latin batellus likewise probably are from Germanic.

双语例句

1. Driving a boat is not the same as driving a car.: 驾船和开车不是一回事。

2. They had almost reached the boat when a figure shot past them.: 他们差不多快到船边时，一个人影从他们旁边飞奔而过。

3. He found the binoculars and focused them on the boat.: 他找到双筒望远镜，然后调焦对准那艘船看。

4. The boat started to spin around in the water.: 船开始在水中打旋。

5. The boat was anchored off the northern coast of the peninsula.: 这艘船停泊在离该半岛北部海岸不远的地方。

英英释意

1. a small vessel for travel on water

2. a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce

实用场景例句

a rowing/sailing boat: 划艇；帆船

a fishing boat: 渔船

You can take a boat trip along the coast.: 你可以乘船沿海岸旅游一趟。

‘How are you going to France? ’ ‘We're going by boat (= by ferry ) . ’: “你怎么去法国？”“我们乘船去。”

One of the best ways to see the area is in a small boat...: 游览该地区的一个最好方式是乘坐小船。

The island may be reached by boat from the mainland.: 这个岛屿可以从大陆乘小船到达。

When the boat reached Cape Town, we said a temporary goodbye.: 客轮到达开普敦时，我们暂时分别。

I earn enough to push the boat out now and again.: 我挣的钱足以时不时摆摆阔了。

I said I didn't want to rock the boat in any way.: 我说过我根本不想挑事。

Look at that boat dancing on the waves.: 看那艘随波漂荡的船.

We are in the same boat; we must help each other.: 我们既然同舟, 就要共济.

A small boat drifted in during the night, with no one on board.: 夜间漂来一条无人的小船.

The boat floated down the river.: 小船沿河漂流.

The boat is taking in water!: 船进水啦 !

Our boat was rocked by [ on ] the waves.: 我们的船随浪颠簸.

The waves were lapping against the side of the boat.: 波浪轻拍着船舷.

Moor the boat over there.: 把船湾在那边.

The boat pulled for the shore.: 船向岸边划去.

The fisherman cast off the rope and set the boat adrift.: 渔夫解开缆绳,让船漂流而去.

The boat drifted ashore on an island.: 小船漂浮到海岛的岸边.

They really pushed the boat out for their daughter's wedding, and invited 100 people.: 他们的确为女儿的婚礼阔气地庆祝了一番, 邀请了100位宾客.

The little boat plunged about in the storm.: 小船在暴风雨中颠簸得很厉害.

The boat rocked wildly, hurling him into the water.: 这艘船剧烈地晃动, 把他甩到水中.

The boat is afloat.: 船浮在水面.

Soothed by the peace of my journey, I had lost all count of time but eventually I became aware that the boat was gliding slowly towards the bank.: 旅途平静,我们的心情也安定, 因此我失去了一切时间的概念.但是我终于觉察到我乘的小船在慢悠悠地向岸边荡去.

The boat wallowed helplessly in the stormy sea.: 那艘船在波浪滔滔的大海中无力地颠簸行驶.

考试真题

The boat, traveling between Nicaragua’s Big Corn Island and LittleCorn Island turned over Saturday near the larger island.

The boat was carrying 32 people—25 Costa Ricans, four Americans and three Nicaraguans.

Nicaraguan naval authorities had banned sea travel in the area because of bad weather and strong winds, but the tour boat proceeded anyway.

Blandon, the boat’s owner, has been arrested by Nicaraguan authorities, the state-run news agency said.

A tour boat turned o v e r o f f t h e c o a s t o f Nicaragua, killing at least 13 people and leaving more passengers missing, official said.

A local radio said an unspecified number of people were rescued, including the tour boat’s owner Hilario Blandon.

It is the most prominent example of a huge new "sharing economy", in which people rent beds, cars, boats and other assets directly from each other, co-ordinated via the internet.

A tour boat turned over off the coast of nicaragua, killing at least 13 people and leaving more passengers missing, official said.

nicaraguan naval authorities had banned sea travel in the area because of bad weather and strong winds, but the tour boat proceeded anyway.

The boat was carrying 32 people—25 Costa ricans, four Americans and three Nicaraguans.

The boat, traveling between Nicaragua's Big Corn Island and Little Corn Island turned over Saturday near the larger island.

We'll all get the kids to build a small boat.

It is shaped like an ancient Spanish boat.

After boats began flying special flags noting the inspector was aboard, the keeper's family made it a game to see who could notice the boat first.

As soon as someone spotted the boat, everyone would do last-minute tidying and change into fancy clothes.

By boat is the only way to get here, which is how we arrived.

His not-for-profit organization runs 100 river boats that serve as floating libraries, schools, and health clinics, and are equipped with solar panels and other communicating facilities.

The family began making preparations immediately after one of the members saw the boat.

词组搭配

be in the same boat

(informal)be in the same unfortunate or difficult circumstances as others

(非正式)在同一条船上，患难与共

off the boat

(informal, often offensive)recently arrived from a foreign country, and by implication naive or an outsider

(非正式常冒犯)刚从外国来的，从外国初来乍到的，人地生疏的，外来的，不懂异国风俗习惯的，无在异国生活经验的

What are you, fresh off the boat?.
你是什么人，初来乍到吧。

push the boat out

(Brit. informal)be lavish in one's spending or celebrations

(英，非正式)挥霍，铺张，讲排场

rock the boat

(informal)say or do something to disturb an existing situation and upset people

(非正式)搅局，捣乱

in the same boat

In the same situation as another or others.

处境相同：和另一个人或其他人处境相同

同义词辨析

boat, ship, canoe, steamer, vessel, craft

这些名词均含有"船"之意。

boat：泛指任何大小的船只，尤指靠划桨或风帆行进的无篷小船。

ship：含义广，一般指大轮船，如航海船只，内河航运船只。

canoe：指长而轻，用桨的小舟、独木船。

steamer：指靠蒸汽发动机为动力的船只。

vessel：多指运货或运人的大船。

craft：船只的集合名词，但可指单独的船只。