| 单词 | family boat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfamily boat family boat n. a boat designed to convey or house a family; (also) a boat worked by members of the same family. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > boat worked by members of family family boat1883 1805 T. M. Harris Jrnl. Tour 30 Numerous trading and family boats pass continually... The latter convey the families of emigrants, with their new furniture, farming utensils, &c. to the new settlements they have in view. 1822 J. Flint Lett. from Amer. 73 The craft, called family boats..are so formed as to carry all the necessaries of new settlers. 1883 W. C. Russell Sailors' Lang. Family boats, the name given to smacks worked by members of the same family. 1902 W. H. Venable Tom Tad xxi. 150 This is worse than living in a family-boat, isn't it, gran'daddy? We have less room and no chance of moving. 2001 K. Dombrowski Against Culture ii. 50 In commercial fishing, once-common family boats are now very rare..especially because of the inability of family boats to cut back on crew expenses. < as lemmas |
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