A boat designed for use on rivers. In later use frequently with reference to large paddle steamers used as passenger boats on the Mississippi River.
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| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > passenger vessel > [noun] > on rivers or canals (5) riverboat1565 A boat designed for use on rivers. In later use frequently with reference to large paddle steamers used as passenger boats on the Mississippi River. budgerow1727 ‘A lumbering keelless barge, formerly much used by Europeans travelling on the Ganges’ (Col. Yule). passage-barge1804 fly-boat1841 A swift passage boat used on canals. bateau-mouche1903 a boat which takes sightseers on the Seine in Paris. |
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