boats

英 [bəʊts]

美 [boʊts]

n. 小船; 汽艇; 舟; (泛指)船
boat的复数

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 船；小船
Aboatis something in which people can travel across water.
1. One of the best ways to see the area is in a small boat...
  游览该地区的一个最好方式是乘坐小船。
2. The island may be reached by boat from the mainland.
  这个岛屿可以从大陆乘小船到达。
N-COUNT 客轮；客船
You can refer to a passenger ship as aboat.
1. When the boat reached Cape Town, we said a temporary goodbye.
  客轮到达开普敦时，我们暂时分别。
See also:gravy boat rowing boat
坐失良机；错失机会
If you say that someone hasmissed the boat, you mean that they have missed an opportunity and may not get another.
PHRASE （尤指为了庆祝）挥金如土，大事铺张
If youpush the boat out, you spend a lot of money on something, especially in order to celebrate.
1. I earn enough to push the boat out now and again.
  我挣的钱足以时不时摆摆阔了。
PHRASE 捣乱；兴风作浪
If you say that someoneis rocking the boat, you mean that they are upsetting a calm situation and causing trouble.
1. I said I didn't want to rock the boat in any way.
  我说过我根本不想挑事。
处于相同的倒霉境地；同病相怜
If two or more people arein the same boat, they are in the same unpleasant situation.

Hundreds of small boats clustered round the yacht as she sailed into Southampton docks.
当大帆船驶进南安普顿码头时，几百只小船聚集在其周围。
Boats crammed with hot and angry holidaymakers, some of whom had waited for up to two days to cross
船上满是情绪激动、怒气冲冲的度假者，有些人等船渡河已经等了两天了。
It's the money that spurs these fishermen to risk a long ocean journey in their flimsy boats
是金钱驱使这些渔民驾着破旧小船冒险出海远航。
These hovercraft can easily outpace most boats
这些气垫船在速度上能轻而易举地超过大多数船只。
Companies hiring out narrow boats report full order books
出租运河小船的各公司称船已预订一空。
Such boats can navigate on the Nile.
这种船可以在尼罗河上航行。
Eighteen boats plied the 1,000 miles of river along a trading route
18艘船沿着贸易航线往返于1,000英里的河面上。
After rounding Cape Finisterre the boats ride the north-easterly trades.
绕过菲尼斯特雷角之后，这些船开始在东北信风的吹送下破浪前行。
There are three small boats available for hire
有3艘小船可供出租。
Harbour staff noticed that measurements given for the same class of boats often varied.
港口工作人员注意到，对同一类船舶的测量方法常常不一样。