boats

英 [bəʊts]

美 [boʊts]

n.  小船; 汽艇; 舟; (泛指)船
boat的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 船；小船
  Aboatis something in which people can travel across water.
  1. 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。
  2. The island may be reached by boat from the mainland.
     这个岛屿可以从大陆乘小船到达。
• N-COUNT 客轮；客船
  You can refer to a passenger ship as aboat.
  1. 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。
• See also:gravy boatrowing boat
• 坐失良机；错失机会
  If you say that someone hasmissed the boat, you mean that they have missed an opportunity and may not get another.
• PHRASE （尤指为了庆祝）挥金如土，大事铺张
  If youpush the boat out, you spend a lot of money on something, especially in order to celebrate.
  1. I earn enough to push the boat out now and again.
     我挣的钱足以时不时摆摆阔了。
• PHRASE 捣乱；兴风作浪
  If you say that someoneis rocking the boat, you mean that they are upsetting a calm situation and causing trouble.
  1. I said I didn't want to rock the boat in any way.
     我说过我根本不想挑事。
• 处于相同的倒霉境地；同病相怜
  If two or more people arein the same boat, they are in the same unpleasant situation.

双语例句

• It's the money that spurs these fishermen to risk a long ocean journey in their flimsy boats
  是金钱驱使这些渔民驾着破旧小船冒险出海远航。
• Both boats purred out of the cave mouth and into open water
  两艘船隆隆地从洞口开出，进入了开阔的水域。
• Dolphins sometimes play in the wake of the boats.
  有时海豚在船的尾流中嬉戏。
• Even the successful flying boats proved, in the end, uneconomical.
  即使是成功的水上飞机最终也未能盈利。
• The two boats sank together into the sea.
  这两条船同时下沉入海。
• I decided to moor near some tourist boats.
  我决定在一些观光船附近停泊。
• On many modern wooden boats, epoxy coatings will have been used as a base for varnishing.
  很多现代的木船将采用环氧涂层作底漆。
• I've had a lifelong fascination with the sea and with small boats.
  我一生都对大海和小船着迷。
• The gigantic natural harbour of Poole is a haven for boats.
  巨型天然港普尔港是船只的避风港。
• She headed for the docks, thinking that Ricardo might be hiding in one of the boats
  她走向码头，想着里卡多可能正藏在其中一条船上。