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单词 boatlike
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boatlikeadj.

Brit. /ˈbəʊtlʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈboʊtˌlaɪk/
Forms: see boat n.1 and -like suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: boat n.1, -like suffix.
Etymology: < boat n.1 + -like suffix. Compare earlier navicular adj.
Resembling or characteristic of a boat, esp. in shape.With quots. 1578 and 1697, cf. boat-bone n. at boat n.1 Compounds 2.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [adjective] > like a boat
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1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 35v The large, and rounde sinuated side of the Boatelyke Bone.
1630 M. Drayton Noahs Floud in Muses Elizium 99 His [sc. the swan's] Boat-like breast.
1697 R. Baker Cursus Osteologicus v. 111 The third is call'd Os Scaphoides, Cymbiforme, vel Naviculare, the Boat-like Bone.
1773 J. Hill Veg. Syst. XXIII. 8 In the place of the lower lip is a boat-like gland, hearted, and flatted.
1863 D. Wilson Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. (ed. 2) I. i. ix. 236 Professor v. Baer..proposes the term scaphocephalic to indicate the same boat-like head-form.
1962 Life 23 Feb. 111 (caption) Rafters shoot out to give roof a boatlike prow.
2003 New Yorker 5 May 67/2 The front of the boatlike body extends into a great twisting dragon's neck, with gaping jaws.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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