英语词汇“boat people”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

boat people

释义

boat /bōt/

noun

A small rowing, sailing or motor vessel
Loosely, a ship
A boat-shaped utensil (as sauce boat)

intransitive verb

To sail about in a boat

transitive verb

To put or convey in a boat
To ship (oars)
(with it) to go in a boat

ORIGIN: OE bāt, cognate with ON beit

boatˈer noun

A person who boats
A straw hat

boatˈie noun

A boating enthusiast (Aust and NZ)
A rowing enthusiast (university sl)

boatˈing noun

boatˈbill noun

A bird of the heron family (from the shape of its bill)

boatˈ-builder noun

A person or firm that constructs boats

boat deck noun

A ship's top deck, on which the lifeboats are carried

boatˈ-fly noun

A water bug (genus Notonecta), with boat-shaped body, that swims on its back

boatˈhook noun

A hook fixed to a pole used for pulling or pushing off a boat

boatˈhouse noun

A house or shed for a boat

boatˈload noun

boatˈman noun

A man who is in charge of a boat
A rower

boat neck noun

A high slit-shaped neckline extending on to the shoulders

boatˈ-necked adjective

boat people plural noun

Refugees, esp from Vietnam, who set off in boats to find a country that will admit them

boat race noun

A race between rowing boats
(with the and caps) the annual boat race between Oxford and Cambridge Universities

boat racing noun

boat shoe noun

A soft leather shoe like a moccasin

boatˈ-song noun

A song sung by a boatman

boatˈtail noun

A grackle

boat train noun

A train run to connect with a ship

have an oar in another's boat

To meddle with someone else's affairs

in the same boat

(of people) in the same unfavourable circumstances

push the boat out (informal)

To entertain, celebrate, etc lavishly

take to the boats

To escape in lifeboats from a sinking ship (also figurative)

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