ferry
n. 渡船, 渡口 [法] 摆渡营业权, 轮渡
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教材释义与例句
渡船；摆渡；渡口
a boat that carries people or goods across a river or a narrow area of water
（乘渡船）渡过；用渡船运送；空运
to carry people or things a short distance from one place to another in a boat or other vehicle
摆渡；来往行驶
释义与例句
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A boat or ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.
渡船
渡轮
航海 交通Near-synonym: ferryboat
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2.
A place where passengers are transported across water in such a ship.
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The service constituted by this watercraft's operation; the business (company) that operates such a service.
In those days there was a ferry at Sleepytown. Modern roads and bridges for motor vehicles have rendered such local river ferries obsolete.
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The legal right or franchise that entitles a corporate body or an individual to operate such a service: a right of ferry.
granted a ferry to
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To carry; transport; convey.
及物Trucks plowed through the water to ferry flood victims to safety.
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To move someone or something from one place to another, usually repeatedly.
及物Being a good waiter takes more than the ability to ferry plates of food around a restaurant.
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To carry or transport over a contracted body of water, as a river or strait, in a boat or other floating conveyance plying between opposite shores.
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To pass over water in a boat or by ferry.
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The verb is from Middle English ferien (“to carry, convey”), from Old English ferian, from Proto-West Germanic *farjan, from Proto-Germanic *farjaną, which see for cognates. This verb is the causative of Proto-Germanic *faraną (“to go, travel”), whence English fare; ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *per-. The noun is from Middle English ferie (“place of crossing, ferry”), which was derived from the above verb under influence of Old Norse ferja, from Proto-Germanic *farjǭ, itself also from the verb. False cognate of Latin ferō.
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