ferry

英 [ˈferi]

美 [ˈferi]

n.  渡船; 摆渡
v.  渡运; 摆渡

复数：ferries　过去分词：ferried　现在分词：ferrying　过去式：ferried　第三人称单数：ferries　

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牛津词典

noun

• 渡船；摆渡
  a boat that carries people, vehicles and goods across a river or across a narrow part of the sea
  1. the cross-channel ferry service
     横渡海峡轮渡服务
  2. We caught the ferry at Ostend.
     我们在奥斯坦德及时赶上了渡船。
  3. the Dover-Calais ferry crossing
     多佛尔—加来轮渡
  4. the Staten Island ferry
     斯塔滕岛渡船

verb

• 渡运；摆渡
  to carry people or goods in a boat or other vehicle from one place to another, often for a short distance and as a regular service
  1. He offered to ferry us across the river in his boat.
     他提出坐他的船把我们渡过河。
  2. The children need to be ferried to and from school.
     孩子们上学放学需要摆渡。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 渡船;渡轮
  Aferryis a boat that transports passengers and sometimes also vehicles, usually across rivers or short stretches of sea.
  1. They had recrossed the River Gambia by ferry.
     他们乘渡船再次穿过冈比亚河。
• VERB (通常指定时往返两地间)运送，渡运，摆渡
  If a vehicleferriespeople or goods, it transports them, usually by means of regular journeys between the same two places.
  1. Every day, a plane arrives to ferry guests to and from Bird Island Lodge...
     每天，都有架飞机来鸟岛宾馆接送客人。
  2. It was still dark when five coaches started to ferry the miners the 140 miles from the Silverhill colliery...
     天还黑着，就有5辆大巴开始从距银山煤矿 140 英里的地方出发运送矿工。
  3. A helicopter ferried in more soldiers to help in the search.
     一架直升机运来更多的士兵协助搜索。

英英释义

noun

• transport by boat or aircraft
  Synonym:ferrying
• a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule
  Synonym:ferryboat

verb

• travel by ferry
• transport by ferry
• transport from one place to another

双语例句

• We waited at the ferry for twenty minutes.
  我们在渡口等了20分钟。
• Ferry companies are providing extra sailings from Calais
  渡船公司加开了从加来出发的航班。
• We were in plenty of time for Anthony to catch the ferry
  我们时间充裕得很，足够安东尼赶上渡船。
• She was going to Nanaimo to catch the ferry to the mainland.
  她准备去纳奈莫乘渡船回大陆。
• I just saw my son on the ferry.
  我刚在渡口看到了我儿子。
• He stowed away on a ferry and landed in North Shields.
  他偷乘渡船到了北希尔兹。
• There was no time to launch the lifeboats because the ferry capsized with such alarming speed.
  渡轮瞬间倾覆，根本没时间放救生艇下水。
• The ferry service of bygone days has been replaced by that tunnel.
  往日的渡口已被那个隧道取代。
• They had recrossed the River Gambia by ferry.
  他们乘渡船再次穿过冈比亚河。
• The ferry service has restarted after an interval of 12 years
  时隔12年之后，轮渡服务又重新开通了。