boat

单词辨析:

ship boat canoe vessel 【导航词义:船】
ship n. 大船,轮船,舰
〔辨析〕

含义广泛,通常指运送人、货物的大轮船,如内河航运或航海船只。

〔例证〕

It is a ship with 5000 tons of goods.

这是一条载货5000吨的船。

Their ship was due to sail the following morning.

他们的船定于第二天启航。

The enemy ship was sunk by a torpedo.

敌舰被鱼雷击沉。

boat n. (小)船,小舟; [非正式]轮船
〔辨析〕

可泛指任何大小的船只,尤指靠划桨或风帆行驶的无篷小船;有时也可指载运乘客的轮船。

〔例证〕

The boat glided swiftly over the river.

那只小船轻捷地在水面滑行。

We anchored our sailing boat in the bay.

我们把帆船停泊在港湾里。

They rowed the boat down the river.

他们划着船顺河而下。

How about taking the night boat to the island?

乘夜船去那个小岛怎么样?

canoe n. 独木舟,划子
〔辨析〕

指用桨划行的、长而轻的小舟。

〔例证〕

He paddled the canoe deftly.

他十分熟练地用桨划独木舟。

They used to make canoes from cedar logs.

他们以前用杉木制造独木舟。

The canoe was sucked into the whirlpool.

划子被卷入了旋涡。

vessel n. [正式]船,舰
〔辨析〕

通常指运人、货物的大型船只。

〔例证〕

I became acquainted with him on board a whaling vessel.

我是在一艘捕鲸船上同他结识的。

All the sailors disembarked from the vessel and went to town.

水手们都下船去城里了。

The naval vessel will arrive at the port within the next few days.

那艘海军舰艇不日即可抵港。

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I said I didn't want to rock the boat in any way.

我说过我根本不想挑事。

The whole boat swayed and tipped.

整条船摇晃后翻倒了。

A fishing boat came out of nowhere, dead ahead.

一艘渔船不知从什么地方冒了出来,就在正前方。

It would be just his luck to miss the last boat.

他就这运气,误了最后一班船也毫不出奇。

Their boat had capsized in midstream.

他们的船在河中央翻了。

They moulded a complete new bow section for the boat.

他们为这艘船铸造了一个完整的新船头。