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单词 sampans
释义

sampan

noun

sam·​pan ˈsam-ˌpan How to pronounce sampan (audio)
: a flat-bottomed skiff used in eastern Asia and usually propelled by two short oars

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Malay, Chinese and Indian laborers did laundry, steered sampan boats and cleared land for the White military members. Lilit Marcus, CNN, 16 Sep. 2022 Max, 6, my youngest, bolted past the staff lined up to greet us and planted his nose on the lee-side picture window to watch a woman in a conical hat haul a net of glittering fish onto her sampan. Laura Dannen Redman, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 July 2018 Housed in a pastel-yellow colonial building opposite a 16th-century church, its entrance is flanked by tall vases, depicting sampan gliding between karst hills. The Economist, 19 May 2018 The petite young woman who rowed our sampan had powerful, broad shoulders and tough, worn hands gripping the oars. Diana Lambdin Meyer, kansascity.com, 9 May 2017 Small sampan boats, ox carts, tuk-tuks, bicycle rickshaws, and your own two feet get you through two countries heavy with history. Veronica Stoddart, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2017

Word History

Etymology

Chinese (Guangdong) sàambáan, from sàam three + báan board, plank

First Known Use

1620, in the meaning defined above

sampans

noun

plural of sampan
as in canoes

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • canoes
  • skiffs
  • scows
  • rowboats
  • bateaux
  • dories
  • pirogues
  • rafts
  • flatboats
  • dhows
  • coracles
  • pinnaces
  • wherries
  • pontoons
  • shallops
  • dinghies
  • outriggers
  • kayaks
  • catamarans
  • sculls
  • batteaux
  • schooners
  • paddleboats
  • prams
  • vessels
  • shells
  • yachts
  • dugouts
  • sailboats
  • motorboats
  • watercrafts
  • dinks
  • punts
  • ketches
  • currachs
  • crafts
  • cruisers
  • longboats
  • gigs
  • bumboats
  • johnboats
  • barges
  • umiaks
  • riverboats
  • curraghs
  • surfboats
  • houseboats
  • outboards
  • piraguas
  • rowing boats
  • powerboats
  • inboards
  • caïques
  • garveys
  • yawls
  • lifeboats
  • cutters
  • tugboats
  • catboats
  • keelboats
  • auxiliaries
  • hoys
  • lighters
  • ferries
  • ferryboats
  • tender
  • towboats
  • keels
  • bottoms
  • gondolas
  • taxis
  • tugs
  • launches
  • taxies
  • narrow boats
  • water taxis
  • jolly boats
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