boat S1 W2 / bəʊt $ boʊt / 名词 [可数名词]
1 a vehicle that travels across water :
a fishing boat
The boat capsized (= turned over ) in heavy seas.
a boat trip around the islands
by boat
Some of the beaches can only be reached by boat.
on/in a boat
MacKay said he would sleep on his boat. → lifeboat , motorboat , powerboat , speedboat , steamboat
2 informal a ship, especially one that carries passengers :
We’re taking the night boat to St. Malo.
3 be in the same boat (as somebody) to be in the same unpleasant situation as someone else :
Everyone has lost their job. We’re all in the same boat.
→ gravy boat , sauce boat , → burn your bridges/boats at burn 1 ( 18 ) , → miss the boat at miss 1 ( 14 ) , → push the boat out at push 1 ( 15 ) , → rock the boat at rock 2 ( 3 )
COLLOCATIONS
动词
sail a boat They’re sailing a boat down the coast of Portugal.
row a boat Are you any good at rowing a boat?
take a boat out Why don’t we take the boat out on the river?
steer a boat He steered the boat carefully to the shore.
launch a boat (= put it in the water ) Where’s the best place to launch the boat?
tie up/moor a boat (= tie it to something so that it stays in one place ) You can tie up the boat to that tree. | How much does it cost to moor a boat here?
a boat rocks (= moves from side to side in the water ) The little boat was rocking in the wind.
a boat capsizes/overturns (= turns over in the water ) Will stood up suddenly and the boat capsized.
a boat overturns (= turns over in the water )
a boat sinks The boat sank in a storm.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + boat
a fishing boat The fishing boats go out to sea early in the morning.
a rowing boat British English
a sailing boat British English
a canal boat ( also a narrow boat British English ) (= for use on canals ) We had a holiday on a canal boat in France.
a pleasure boat (= a small boat that people use on a lake, river etc )
boat + NOUN
a boat trip You can take a boat trip to the islands nearby.
a boat race There’s a boat race on the river tomorrow.
THESAURUS
types of boat
yacht a large boat with a sail, used for pleasure or sport
sailing boat British English , sailboat American English a boat that uses one or more sails
rowing boat British English , rowboat American English a small boat that you move through the water with oars
dinghy a small open boat used for pleasure, or for taking people between a ship and the shore
catamaran a sailing boat with two separate hull s (= the part that goes in the water )
trimaran a sailing boat with three separate hulls s
barge a large low boat with a flat bottom, used for carrying heavy goods on a canal or river
canal boat ( also narrow boat British English ) a boat that you use on canals
canoe a long light boat that is open at the top and pointed at both ends, which you move along using a paddle . Canoes are for one to three people
kayak a light boat for one or two people, that is pointed at both ends and covered on top. A kayak has round holes on top in which the people sit, and you move it along using a paddle.
punt a long thin boat with a flat bottom that you move by pushing a long pole against the bottom of the river – used for pleasure
houseboat a boat that is specially made so that you can live on it
pleasure boat a small boat, for example a sailing boat or a rowing boat, that people use on a lake, river etc : People were out on the lake in pleasure boats. → ship