ferry sb/sth across sth
across 后接被穿越的水域或区域，宾语放在 ferry 之后。
The boat is ferrying passengers across the lake.
小船正把乘客渡过湖去。
渡运
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渡运
to carry people or goods by ferryboat
一般现在时
The ferry ferries passengers across the river every hour.
这艘渡轮每小时运送乘客过河。
一般过去时
Last summer, we ferried supplies to the island.
去年夏天，我们用渡船运送物资到岛上。
现在进行时
They are ferrying tourists to the mainland right now.
他们正在用渡船运送游客到大陆。
The boatman is ferrying tourists across the narrow river.
船夫正用渡船运送游客过这条窄河。
用法提示：这里的ferrying是动词的现在分词，表示“用渡船运送”。
The airline started ferrying medical supplies to the disaster area last week.
上周，航空公司开始向灾区空运医疗物资。
用法提示：这里的ferrying是动名词，表示“（尤指用飞机）定期运送”。
The van is ferrying workers between the factory and the dormitory.
面包车正把工人往返运送于工厂和宿舍之间。
用法提示：这里的ferrying是动词的现在分词，表示“定期运输”。
across 后接被穿越的水域或区域，宾语放在 ferry 之后。
The boat is ferrying passengers across the lake.
小船正把乘客渡过湖去。
between 引出往返的两个地点，强调固定路线上的来回运送。
A small plane is ferrying doctors between the islands.
一架小型飞机正往返运送医生于各岛屿之间。
from...to... 标明起点和终点，适合描述单程运送。
Trucks are ferrying goods from the port to the warehouse.
卡车正把货物从港口运送到仓库。
grammar · medium
易错句子The company is ferry tourists to the island.
正确表达The company is ferrying tourists to the island.
现在进行时由 be + 动词 -ing 构成；be 动词后不能接动词原形，ferry 的现在分词是 ferrying。
grammar · medium
易错句子They ferried the tourists to cross the river.
正确表达They ferried the tourists across the river.
ferry 表示“把某人渡过河”时，用 across the river 作地点补语，不用 to do 表目的；to cross 会变成“为了让他们过河”的意思。
grammar · medium
易错句子We took a ferrying to the island.
正确表达We took a ferry to the island.
ferry 作名词表示“渡船”，是可数名词；ferrying 是动词 ferry 的 -ing 形式，指“渡运”这一动作，不能用来指船。
ferrying 强调用渡船或飞机按固定路线运送，常含定期渡运或接驳之意；shuttling 强调在两点之间反复往返，交通方式不限，常用于班车、电梯或人员接驳。
ferrying 带有渡船、飞机或固定航线的色彩；transporting 是泛称，只强调把人或货物从一地运到另一地，不暗示渡船、飞机或定期往返。
ferrying 指按线路运送人或货；carrying 强调把某物带在身上或载着移动，不强调固定航线、定期班次或接驳服务。
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