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.

With soap and water, bubbles and boats, children love bathtime.
有了肥皂、水、泡泡和小船，孩子们都喜欢洗澡。
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。
They take drug dealers 'boats, cars and houses and auction them off after the crooks are convicted.
他们收缴毒贩的船、车和房产，并在这些恶棍被定罪后将其拍卖掉。
I decided to moor near some tourist boats.
我决定在一些观光船附近停泊。
Thousands have been compelled to flee the country in makeshift boats.
数以千计的人被迫乘坐简易船只逃离了这个国家。
On many modern wooden boats, epoxy coatings will have been used as a base for varnishing.
很多现代的木船将采用环氧涂层作底漆。
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。
I've had a lifelong fascination with the sea and with small boats.
我一生都对大海和小船着迷。
Such boats can navigate on the Nile.
这种船可以在尼罗河上航行。
Boats sail on the water.
船在水面上行驶。