boatload

大学 FREQ #34958

n. 船的载货量, 一条船的货物

发音

UK /ˈbəʊtˌləʊd/
AU
US /ˈboʊtˌloʊd/

词形变化

boatloads 复数 boatloads

教材释义与例句

名词

一条船的货物；船的载货量

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Cargo or passengers that fill a boat.

    a boatload of ferry passengers

  2. 2.

    A large quantity.

    俚语

    He showed up an hour later with a whole boatload of hamburgers, chips, cookies, and assorted other munchies, not to mention sodas and beer, and we all fell in and stuffed ourselves silly.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

carload shipload

词源

From boat + load. The figurative sense is extended from the literal sense.

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