boat
boat
boat / bot ; bəʊt /
◙noun [C]
1. a vehicle that travels across water
• 小船，小舟，小艇:
»If we had a boat, we could row across to the island.
我们要是有船就可以划到岛上去。
»a fishing boat
渔船
»on / in a boat
»MacKay said he would sleep on his boat.
麦凯说他就睡在船上。
»by boat
»Some of the beaches can only be reached by boat.
其中有些沙滩只有坐船才能到达。
»The tour includes boat trips up the river.
这次旅游包括乘船沿河而上。
--› see LIFEBOAT , MOTORBOAT , POWERBOAT , ROWING BOAT , SPEEDBOAT , STEAMBOAT
2. [informal] a ship, especially one that carries passengers
• 轮船〔尤指客轮〕:
»We're taking the night boat to St. Malo.
我们打算乘夜船去圣马洛。
3. be in the same boat (as sb), to be in the same unpleasant situation as someone else
• 处于（与某人）相同的倒霉境地; （与某人）面临同样的危险:
»Everyone has lost their job. We're all in the same boat.
每个人都失去了工作，我们大家处境都一样。
--› see GRAVY BOAT , SAUCE BOAT
--› see burn your bridges / boats at BURN ¹ (18)
--› see miss the boat at MISS ¹ (14)
--› see push the boat out at PUSH ¹ (15)
--› see rock the boat at ROCK ² (3)
