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单词 packet boat
释义 packet boat
noun
also packet ship
1. : a boat (as originally a fast sailing ship) chartered by a government to carry mail and dispatches
 < letters … conveyed by government packet boats or by ordinary sailing ship — Samuel Graveson >
2.
 a. : a river or coastal steamer usually of shallow draft carrying mail, passengers, and cargo on a regular run
  < took passage for Boston on the midweek packet boat — Kenneth Roberts >
 b. : a canalboat designed to carry passengers
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