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batteau

/ba-toh; French ba-toh/US // bæˈtoʊ; French baˈtoʊ //

巴特罗,巴特鲁,巴特罗夫,巴特罗伊

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural bat·teaux [ba-tohz; French ba-toh]. /bæˈtoʊz; French baˈtoʊ/. Nautical.

    • : bateau.

Examples

  • At Jaques Cartier they had but one batteau to cross the army over with, and were fired upon during the whole time by two frigates.

  • As the batteau ran up on the beach below Redmon, Natty did not ask them to the house, but no one was surprised at that.

  • She had rowed herself to town in her batteau, but the sail back was inconceivably pleasanter.

  • Footnote 23: A batteau is a kind of scow or flat-boat, used on shallow streams like the Hudson above Waterford.

  • Give me half an hour to get into a batteau on the river and then you may tell him all.