核心詞義
n. 小船,小艇(boat的名詞復(fù)數(shù))
知識(shí)擴(kuò)展
詞語(yǔ)辨析
boat,ship
【解說(shuō)】
這兩個(gè)詞都可譯為“船”。它們的區(qū)別是1.boat指小船,ship指大船,但這并無(wú)嚴(yán)格界限,一般說(shuō)木制的船叫boat,能吊離水面的船叫boat,靠帆和槳行駛的船叫boat,個(gè)人擁有的船叫boat;宇宙飛船用ship,航海的船叫ship。一般機(jī)動(dòng)船則稱boat或ship均可。泛指大大小小的各種船只時(shí)可用boats,也可用ships。試比較They rowed the boat down the river.他們劃著船順河而下。The boatmen pulled their boat onto the sand.船工們把船拖上沙灘。Australia ships meat to England.澳大利亞用船把肉運(yùn)到英國(guó)。He has taken ship for India.他已乘船到印度去了。The ship is bound for America.這艘輪船是開往美洲去的。The ship is now on her first voyage.這只船是初次航行。A camel is known as the ship of the desert.駱駝被認(rèn)為是沙漠之舟。2.boat,ship各自構(gòu)成的復(fù)合詞和短語(yǔ)很多,各有固定的意思。例如shipmaster船長(zhǎng)(船主〕,shipwreck船只失事,shipyard船廠,這些詞不能用boat代替ship;反之,boat的復(fù)合詞也不能用ship取代之。如下列船只通常稱boatsfishing boats漁船,sailing boats帆船,rowing boats劃艇,motorboats汽艇,ferryboats渡船。國(guó)家海軍較大的艦船battleship等通常稱ships。3.表示“劃船游玩”用go boating,不可用go to boat。boat people不指普通意義的“船民”,而指“乘船逃亡者”,如越南、海地等靠船出逃的難民。例如Many boat people left their homeland only to die on the sea.許多難民乘船逃出了他們的家園卻又葬身于大海之中。下面各組中的短語(yǔ)意思不同
【解說(shuō)】a boat man船夫a boating man劃船人take boat上船take a boat乘船take to the boats乘救生艇逃命boat,ship,canoe,steamer,vessel,craft
【解說(shuō)】
這些名詞均含有“船”之意。boat泛指任何大小的船只,尤指靠劃槳或風(fēng)帆行進(jìn)的無(wú)篷小船。ship含義廣,一般指大輪船,如航海船只,內(nèi)河航運(yùn)船只。canoe指長(zhǎng)而輕,用槳的小舟、獨(dú)木船。steamer指靠蒸汽發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)為動(dòng)力的船只。vessel多指運(yùn)貨或運(yùn)人的大船。craft船只的集合名詞,但可指單獨(dú)的船只。