vaporetton.

Brit.

/ˌvapəˈrɛtəʊ/, U.S.

/ˌveɪpəˈrɛdoʊ/

Forms: Plural vaporetti, vaporettos.

Etymology: Italian, diminutive of vapore < Latin vapor steam.

In Venice, a canal motor-boat (originally steamboat), used as a form of public transport.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > motor vessel > as form of public transport

vaporetto1926

motoscafo1936

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > passenger vessel > [noun] > water-bus

water omnibus1838

water bus1883

vaporetto1926

motoscafo1936

1926 C. Beaton Diary 25 Aug. in Wandering Years (1961) v. 121 We set off blindly, taking the vaporetto.

1941 W. Graham Night Journey v. 62 I can catch a vaporetto from the Quay.

1956 R. Macaulay Towers of Trebizond xxiv. 278 I remember it when there was nothing on the canals but gondolas, none of those horrid steamers and vaporetti.

1963 Economist 6 Apr. 37/1 The tourists..prefer the speed of the municipally-owned vaporettos to the romance of the older hand-driven craft [sc. gondolas].

1977 Time 28 Nov. 30/3 Other names..soon became household words at the staid Café Florian, on every vaporetto water bus and in the intellectual salons of the Salute island.

1984 New Yorker 23 Apr. 92/3 As soon as I got off the vaporetto, I felt that this was where I should be.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vaporetto
释义	vaporetton. Brit. /ˌvapəˈrɛtəʊ/, U.S. /ˌveɪpəˈrɛdoʊ/ Forms: Plural vaporetti, vaporettos. Etymology: Italian, diminutive of vapore < Latin vapor steam. In Venice, a canal motor-boat (originally steamboat), used as a form of public transport. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > motor vessel > as form of public transport vaporetto1926 motoscafo1936 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > passenger vessel > [noun] > water-bus water omnibus1838 water bus1883 vaporetto1926 motoscafo1936 1926 C. Beaton Diary 25 Aug. in Wandering Years (1961) v. 121 We set off blindly, taking the vaporetto. 1941 W. Graham Night Journey v. 62 I can catch a vaporetto from the Quay. 1956 R. Macaulay Towers of Trebizond xxiv. 278 I remember it when there was nothing on the canals but gondolas, none of those horrid steamers and vaporetti. 1963 Economist 6 Apr. 37/1 The tourists..prefer the speed of the municipally-owned vaporettos to the romance of the older hand-driven craft [sc. gondolas]. 1977 Time 28 Nov. 30/3 Other names..soon became household words at the staid Café Florian, on every vaporetto water bus and in the intellectual salons of the Salute island. 1984 New Yorker 23 Apr. 92/3 As soon as I got off the vaporetto, I felt that this was where I should be. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1926
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