oar

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n. 桨, 桨手, 搅棒 vi. 划桨 vt. 划动

发音

UK /ɔː/
US /oɹ/
/oə/
/o(ː)ɹ/

词形变化

oars 复数 oars oared oaring oars 三单 oaring 现在分词 oared 过去式 oared 过去分词

别名

oare owre

教材释义与例句

名词

桨;橹;桨手

动词

划(船)

动词

划行

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat.

  2. 2.

    An oarsman; a rower.

    He is a good oar.

  3. 3.

    An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates.

    生物 动物学
v.
  1. 1.

    To row; to travel with, or as if with, oars.

    文学

词汇关系

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词源

From Middle English ore (“oar”), from Old English ār, from Proto-West Germanic *airu, from Proto-Germanic *airō (“oar”). Cognate with Old Norse ár.

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