sampan

/sam-pan/US // ˈsæm pæn //UK // (ˈsæmpæn) //

舢板,舢舨,舢牌,舨

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : any of various small boats of the Far East, as one propelled by a single scull over the stern and provided with a roofing of mats.

The pirate reached for it, but at that moment the sampan went down and left him swirling in the water.
A half-hour later Peter Gross made out a small sampan, paddled by two Dyaks, approaching from the south.
After crossing the creek in a crazy sampan the party separated, each taking his own line of country.
She followed the hermit to the river side, where his small and leaky sampan was drawn up on the mud.
But at Yokohama, Blake hurried ashore in a sampan, met an agent who seemed to be awaiting him, and caught a train for Kobe.