an oar + verb
名词 oar 作主语,表示“一支桨”。常与 snap, break, slip 等动词搭配。
An oar snapped in the middle of the lake.
湖中央有一支桨断了。
桨
一种用于推进船只的杠杆,一端有扁平桨叶,另一端有手柄,枢于舷缘桨架上;划桨者坐于船内拉动手柄,使桨叶反复划水,利用水的阻力推动船只。;用于推进或操纵船只的工具。;桨手;划桨者。;多种无脊椎动物形似桨的游泳器官。;桨手
a tool used to propel or steer a boat
一种用于推进船只的杠杆,一端有扁平桨叶,另一端有手柄,枢于舷缘桨架上;划桨者坐于船内拉动手柄,使桨叶反复划水,利用水的阻力推动船只。
A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat.
用于推进或操纵船只的工具。
an implement used to propel or steer a boat
桨手;划桨者。
An oarsman; a rower.
多种无脊椎动物形似桨的游泳器官。
An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates.
He dipped the oar into the water and pulled hard.
他把桨浸入水中,然后用力划。
用法提示:oar 是名词,指划船用的桨,此处作 dipped 的宾语。
We need another oar to row the boat across the lake.
我们需要另一支桨才能把船划过湖。
用法提示:oar 是名词,表示桨,单数形式,作 need 的宾语。
She rested the oars on the sides of the small boat.
她把桨放在小船的两侧。
用法提示:oars 是 oar 的复数形式,作 rested 的宾语。
名词 oar 作主语,表示“一支桨”。常与 snap, break, slip 等动词搭配。
An oar snapped in the middle of the lake.
湖中央有一支桨断了。
此结构表示用桨作为工具来达成目的。oar 在这里是可数名词。
They used an oar to push the boat away from the dock.
他们用桨把船推离码头。
作不及物动词时,oar 常接 across, along, over 等表示方向的介词短语。
They oared across the river to reach the village.
他们划桨过河,到达村庄。
作及物动词时,oar 的宾语通常是 boat, canoe 等船只类名词。
He oared the boat into the harbor.
他划着船进入港湾。
paddle 通常指双手握持、不与船体固定的桨;oar 常通过桨架固定在船侧。日常语境中可互换,但严格划船语境中不宜混用。
scull 特指某种形式的桨,如船尾摇动的单桨或赛艇中双手各持一支的短桨;比 oar 具体,仅在特定划船类型中可替代。
sweep 指大型桨或长桨,多用于舰船或多人划艇;不如 oar 通用,且与动词 sweep(打扫)拼写相同,读音不同,注意区分。
grammar · medium
易错句子He uses a oar to row the boat.
正确表达He uses an oar to row the boat.
oar 的发音以元音 /ɔːr/ 开头,所以不定冠词要用 an,不能用 a;这是英语中“元音音素前用 an”的规则。
grammar · medium
易错句子There are two oar on the boat.
正确表达There are two oars on the boat.
oar 是可数名词,单数常与 a/an 搭配,two 后必须用复数形式 oars。
grammar · medium
易错句子He paddled the boat with an oar.
正确表达He rowed the boat with an oar.
用固定在船舷上的桨划船应使用动词 row;paddle 通常指用短桨自由划动。受中文“划”的干扰,容易误用 paddle,此处应改为 row。
用力划桨
He pulled on the oars to move the boat forward.
他用力划桨让船前进。
收桨入船
The crew shipped the oars as they approached the dock.
船员们在靠近码头时收起了桨。
停下来歇口气
You've done enough; you can rest on your oars now.
你已经做得够多了,现在可以歇一歇了。
桨叶
The oar blade was splintered from the rocks.
桨叶被岩石碰裂了。
一副桨
The old rowboat came with a pair of oars.
这条旧划艇配有一副桨。
多管闲事;插嘴
He always puts his oar in when we're discussing politics.
我们讨论政治时,他总是插嘴。
歇口气;满足于现状
After winning the championship, they rested on their oars.
赢得冠军后,他们就满足于现状了。
什么事都插手;处处参与
She seems to have an oar in every boat at work.
她在工作中似乎什么事都要插手。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.