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ferry

/fer-ee/US // ˈfɛr i //UK // (ˈfɛrɪ) //

摆渡,渡轮,渡輪,渡船

Related Words

barge驳船,趸船,驳货,驳岸ferryboat渡轮,渡船,摆渡船,轮船tote手提包,手提袋,手提箱,购物袋send发送,送,发出,送出shuttle穿梭,穿针引线,穿越,穿梳lug大块头,大块的,大腿,大耳窿carry携带,搬运,携带物品,运送ship船舶,船,运送,船只transport运输,交通运输,交通,交通工具chauffeur代驾,司机,代驾公司,代驾司机packet包,小包,包裹,包包buck龅牙,降压,降压药,牡蛎run运行,运转,运作,运行中bear承担,忍受,负担,担当convey输送,运送,输送带,输送机pack驮着,驮运,驮着走,驮着的schlepp牵引,牵引物,牵引力,牵引车

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural fer·ries.

    • : a commercial service with terminals and boats for transporting persons, automobiles, etc., across a river or other comparatively small body of water.
    • : a ferryboat.
    • : a service for flying airplanes over a particular route, especially the delivery of airplanes to an overseas purchaser or base of operations.
    • : the legal right to ferry passengers, cargo, etc., and to charge for the service.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    fer·ried, fer·ry·ing.

    • : to carry or convey back and forth over a fixed route in a boat or plane.
    • : to fly over a particular route, especially for delivery.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    fer·ried, fer·ry·ing.

    • : to go in a ferry.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nountransportation boat
Forms: ferried
Synonyms
barge驳船,趸船,驳货,驳岸ferryboat渡轮,渡船,摆渡船,轮船packet包,小包,包裹,包包packet boat邮包船,包船,汽包船,邮包艇passage boat过路船,过渡船,过境船,过道船
verbcarry across
Forms: ferried
Synonyms
carry携带,搬运,携带物品,运送chauffeur代驾,司机,代驾公司,代驾司机lug大块头,大块的,大腿,大耳窿send发送,送,发出,送出ship船舶,船,运送,船只shuttle穿梭,穿针引线,穿越,穿梳tote手提包,手提袋,手提箱,购物袋transport运输,交通运输,交通,交通工具bear承担,忍受,负担,担当buck龅牙,降压,降压药,牡蛎convey输送,运送,输送带,输送机pack驮着,驮运,驮着走,驮着的run运行,运转,运作,运行中move across跨越,移居,串联,移师schlepp牵引,牵引物,牵引力,牵引车

Examples

  • A free, privately owned ferry service at the Port of Cave-In-Rock, continuously operated since the early 1800s, carries roughly 500 vehicles across the river every day.

  • Christened the “Loni Jo,” the ferry chugged back from the Kentucky shore and dropped its gate at the foot of Illinois Route 1.

  • We have seen vaccine go out on helicopters, plans, cars dog sleds, and ferry.

  • The adenovirus ferries instructions for making the coronavirus’s spike protein into human cells.

  • Irish customs authorities on Thursday night announced a temporary easing of customs requirements for goods arriving on ferries from Britain, to get freight moving again.

  • And earlier that day, the 43-year-old had earned the précis, breaking up a skirmish by the Staten Island Ferry.

  • There was no trouble on the ferry as it reached Manhattan and a few of the passengers boarded the subway to the protest uptown.

  • As a precaution against a possible disturbance, the ferry was escorted by a police boat, its blue lights flashing.

  • Marine One will ferry him to JFK Airport, where Air Force One awaits.

  • For a more scenic journey, travel by ferry from Whittier or Valdez.

  • Crossing the river on a ferry, Lawrence and his escort mounted their horses and started for Platte City, but a few miles away.

  • Lee's army is sweeping victoriously through Maryland; Harper's Ferry taken with ten thousand prisoners.

  • It finally plunged sharply down to a steamboat ferry, over which we crossed the Dart and landed directly in the town.

  • Leaving the city, we crossed Southampton Water on a steam ferry which was guided by a chain stretched from bank to bank.

  • The original bridge across the Medway to Strood probably dates from the Roman period, taking the place of a ferry.

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