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dinghy

/ding-gee/US // ˈdɪŋ gi //UK // (ˈdɪŋɪ) //

小艇,橡皮艇,皮艇,小船

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural din·ghies.

    • : any small boat designed as a tender or lifeboat, especially a small ship's boat, rowed, sailed, or driven by a motor.
    • : a boat used by warships, having four single-banked oars and a spritsail.
    • : any of various rowing or sailing boats used in sheltered waters along the Indian coasts to transport passengers and freight.
    • : an inflatable life raft.

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Examples

  • The lifeguard would have to take the dinghy if he wanted to physically stop me.

  • First, as companies go, Carnival is more like an aircraft carrier than a dinghy.

  • Officials said they believed Wood slipped off the yacht when she went on deck to reattach a dinghy that came loose.

  • Ian was obviously free to intubate every young lady he saw, and Cait would never harbor the flimsiest dinghy of a grievance.

  • Meanwhile, all on board the Wellington who had telescopes applied them to their eyes, and watched the progress of the dinghy.

  • So there we were, marooned, half a mile out to sea, in a tiny dinghy on which the Turks again switched their blarsted guns.

  • I was truly glad, and, borrowing the dinghy from the mate, I pulled on board the newly-arrived ship.

  • They had become very clever boatmen during their stay, using a small dinghy to make coastal journeys.

  • I had wirelessed asking for a dinghy to be sent down, which would enable Hamilton to do more marine work; and it now came to hand.