| 单词 | canal boat |
| 释义 | > as lemmascanal boat canal boat n. a boat used on a canal; esp. (British) a long, narrow boat of the type traditionally used to carry goods on canals (cf. narrowboat n.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun] > canal boat trekschuit1696 canal boat1770 narrowboat1836 fly-boat1841 monkey boat1885 canaller1887 1770 Gen. Evening Post 18 Aug. That river is made sufficiently deep for the canal boats. 1877 Act 40 & 41 Vict. c. 60 §3 Every canal boat..shall be lettered, marked, and numbered. 1914 T. S. Eliot Let. 14 Oct. (1988) I. 63 As the canal boat carries him westward up the Erie he turns and gazes at the Statue of Liberty disappearing on the horizon. 2011 Wall St. Jrnl. 2 Apr. d3/1 Whenever I fall to daydreaming about the English landscape, I see it from the stern of a canal boat, tiller in hand, the diesel engine churring underfoot. < as lemmas |
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