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

• 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。
• These hovercraft can easily outpace most boats
  这些气垫船在速度上能轻而易举地超过大多数船只。
• Thousands have been compelled to flee the country in makeshift boats.
  数以千计的人被迫乘坐简易船只逃离了这个国家。
• The two boats sank together into the sea.
  这两条船同时下沉入海。
• 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。
• They made the treacherous journey across stormy seas in rotten boats.
  他们乘着破旧的小船穿越风大浪急的海面，完成了这次危险之旅。
• Eighteen boats plied the 1,000 miles of river along a trading route
  18艘船沿着贸易航线往返于1,000英里的河面上。
• Sailing boats lay at anchor in the narrow waterway.
  帆船停泊在狭窄的水道上。
• I decided to moor near some tourist boats.
  我决定在一些观光船附近停泊。
• They'll spend some time floating boats in the creek.
  他们打算花些时间在溪流里放船模。。