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.

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。
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。
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。
Boats had plenty of mackerel and a few skate.
那些船上有许多鲭鱼，还有几条鳐鱼。
They'll spend some time floating boats in the creek.
他们打算花些时间在溪流里放船模。。
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。
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。
Both boats purred out of the cave mouth and into open water
两艘船隆隆地从洞口开出，进入了开阔的水域。
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。
I decided to moor near some tourist boats.
我决定在一些观光船附近停泊。