Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #1303
boat
船;小船
A craft for traveling on water, usually smaller than a ship, used for transport, fishing, racing, or recreation.
- 1.
A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind.
用于运输货物、捕鱼、竞赛、休闲巡航或军事用途的水上或水中交通工具,由桨、舷外发动机、舷内发动机或风力驱动。
- 2.
a small vessel for travel on water
用于水上旅行的小船
- 3.
A conveyance, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape.
形状有点像船的运输工具、器具或盘子。
- 4.
a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce
用于盛放肉汁或酱汁的船形盘子
- 5.
In Conway’s Game of Life, a particular still life consisting of a dead cell surrounded by five living cells.
在康威生命游戏中,由一个死细胞和五个活细胞组成的特定静态形态。
船形盘;船形调味汁碟;(生命游戏中的)船形图案;用于运输货物、捕鱼、竞赛、休闲巡航或军事用途的水上或水中交通工具,由桨、舷外发动机、舷内发动机或风力驱动。;用于水上旅行的小船;形状有点像船的运输工具、器具或盘子。
In use
We took a small boat across the lake.
The fisherman repaired his boat before dawn.
She passed the gravy boat around the table.
by boat
by boat 表示交通方式,不加冠词。
We traveled by boat to the island.
我们乘船去岛上。
take a boat
take a boat 是常用搭配,表示乘船。
They took a boat across the lake.
他们坐船穿越了湖。
on the boat
on the boat 表示在船上,强调位置。
The children are playing on the boat.
孩子们在船上玩耍。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- row a boat
- 划船
- We rowed the boat across the lake.我们把船划过了湖。
- sail a boat
- 驾驶帆船
- He learned to sail a boat when he was young.他年轻时学会了驾驶帆船。
- take a boat
- 乘船
- They took a boat to the island.他们乘船去了那个岛。
- miss the boat
- 错过机会
- If we don't act now, we'll miss the boat.如果我们现在不行动,就会错过机会。
- rock the boat
- 惹麻烦/破坏稳定
- She didn't want to rock the boat by raising objections.她不想提出反对意见来惹麻烦。
- in the same boat
- 处境相同
Learner notes
Memory Tip
将boat拆为bo(波)和at,想象波浪拍打小船。
Context & Register
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Pronunciation & Spelling
Words 1-5 rhyme with 'boat' (common 'oat' sound). Word 6 'boot' is a spelling lookalike but has a different vowel (/uː/ vs /oʊ/).
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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