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boat
[ boht ]
noun
- a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- a small ship, generally for specialized use:
a fishing boat.
- a small vessel carried for use by a large one, as a lifeboat:
They lowered the boats for evacuation.
- a ship.
- a vessel of any size built for navigation on a river or other inland body of water.
- a serving dish resembling a boat:
a gravy boat;
a celery boat.
- Ecclesiastical. a container for holding incense before it is placed in the censer.
verb (used without object)
- to go in a boat:
We boated down the Thames.
verb (used with object)
- to transport in a boat:
They boated us across the bay.
- to remove (an oar) from the water and place athwartships. Compare ship 1( def 10 ).
boat
/ 产蓹蕣迟 /
noun
- a small vessel propelled by oars, paddle, sails, or motor for travelling, transporting goods, etc, esp one that can be carried aboard a larger vessel
- (not in technical use) another word for ship
- navy a submarine
- a container for gravy, sauce, etc
- a small boat-shaped container for incense, used in some Christian churches
- in the same boatsharing the same problems
- burn one's boatsSee burn 1
- miss the boatto lose an opportunity
- push the boat out informal.to celebrate, esp lavishly and expensively
- rock the boat informal.to cause a disturbance in the existing situation
verb
- intr to travel or go in a boat, esp as a form of recreation
- tr to transport or carry in a boat
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 产辞补迟顎僡路产濒别 adjective
- 产辞补迟顎僱别蝉蝉 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of boat1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of boat1
Idioms and Phrases
- in the same boat, in the same circumstances; faced with the same problems:
The new recruits were all in the same boat.
- miss the boat, Informal.
- to fail to take advantage of an opportunity:
He missed the boat when he applied too late to get into college.
- to miss the point of; fail to understand:
I missed the boat on that explanation.
- rock the boat. rock 2( def 17 ).
More idioms and phrases containing boat
see burn one's bridges (boats) ; in the same boat ; miss the boat ; rock the boat .Example Sentences
On the perilous return journeys, refugees fleeing the occupation were hidden in the hold of the fishing boats, as they sought sanctuary in the British Isles.
In January a migrant boat was rescued off the north African coast after 14 harrowing days lost at sea.
They packed on to flimsy boats and set out across the South China Sea.
The celebration began at about 11:40 BST and featured picnic benches, bars on the back of tractors and food served straight from a boat at high tide.
Labour campaigned at the July general election on a promise to "smash" the criminal people-smuggling gangs after a surge in small boat crossings since 2018.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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