ferry

noun

1. 渡船；摆渡
   a boat that carries people, vehicles and goods across a river or across a narrow part of the sea
   1. the cross-channel ferry service
      横渡海峡轮渡服务
   2. We caught the ferry at Ostend.
      我们在奥斯坦德及时赶上了渡船。
   3. the Dover-Calais ferry crossing
      多佛尔—加来轮渡
   4. the Staten Island ferry
      斯塔滕岛渡船

verb

1. 渡运；摆渡
   to carry people or goods in a boat or other vehicle from one place to another, often for a short distance and as a regular service
   1. He offered to ferry us across the river in his boat.
      他提出坐他的船把我们渡过河。
   2. The children need to be ferried to and from school.
      孩子们上学放学需要摆渡。

1. N-COUNT 渡船;渡轮
   A ferry is a boat that transports passengers and sometimes also vehicles, usually across rivers or short stretches of sea.
   1. They had recrossed the River Gambia by ferry.
      他们乘渡船再次穿过冈比亚河。
2. VERB (通常指定时往返两地间)运送，渡运，摆渡
   If a vehicle ferries people or goods, it transports them, usually by means of regular journeys between the same two places.
   1. Every day, a plane arrives to ferry guests to and from Bird Island Lodge...
      每天，都有架飞机来鸟岛宾馆接送客人。
   2. It was still dark when five coaches started to ferry the miners the 140 miles from the Silverhill colliery...
      天还黑着，就有5辆大巴开始从距银山煤矿 140 英里的地方出发运送矿工。
   3. A helicopter ferried in more soldiers to help in the search.
      一架直升机运来更多的士兵协助搜索。

1. The ferry did not even have time to send out an SOS.
   渡船甚至连发出紧急呼救信号的时间都没有。
2. The ferry hit us amidships.
   渡船拦腰撞上了我们的船。
3. Earlier two holes were blasted into the ship's hull to let water out and stabilise the ferry
   之前在船体上炸出了两个洞，以便把水排出，使船平稳下来。
4. Two gangs of youths brawled on the dance floor of the ferry.
   两伙青年在渡轮的舞池里打起来了。
5. We were in plenty of time for Anthony to catch the ferry
   我们时间充裕得很，足够安东尼赶上渡船。
6. They had recrossed the River Gambia by ferry.
   他们乘渡船再次穿过冈比亚河。
7. Every day, a plane arrives to ferry guests to and from Bird Island Lodge
   每天，都有架飞机来鸟岛宾馆接送客人。
8. A helicopter ferried in more soldiers to help in the search.
   一架直升机运来更多的士兵协助搜索。
9. The ferry was hit by a freak wave off the North Wales coast.
   渡船在北威尔士海岸附近被一股反常的海浪击中。
10. The ferry service has restarted after an interval of 12 years
    时隔12年之后，轮渡服务又重新开通了。
11. There was no time to launch the lifeboats because the ferry capsized with such alarming speed.
    渡轮瞬间倾覆，根本没时间放救生艇下水。
12. She was going to Nanaimo to catch the ferry to the mainland.
    她准备去纳奈莫乘渡船回大陆。
13. The ferry cut merrily through the water
    渡船轻快地划过水面。
14. Ferry companies are providing extra sailings from Calais
    渡船公司加开了从加来出发的航班。
15. He stowed away on a ferry and landed in North Shields.
    他偷乘渡船到了北希尔兹。
16. Now turn right to follow West Ferry Road
    现在向右拐沿西渡路往前走。
17. The ferry service of bygone days has been replaced by that tunnel.
    往日的渡口已被那个隧道取代。
18. Ferry services operate between the islands and the mainland.
    在大陆和各岛之间有轮渡服务。
19. The capsizing of the ferry was a disaster.
    渡船翻了，一场惨剧随之发生。
20. You can cross the river by ferry.
    你可以搭渡船过河。
21. We waited at the ferry for twenty minutes.
    我们在渡口等了20分钟。
22. The had reached the ferry.
    我们已到了渡口。
23. I just saw my son on the ferry.
    我刚在渡口看到了我儿子。
24. Today my father and I were waiting for the ferry.
    今天我爸爸和我正在等渡轮。
25. I recognized him on the ferry.
    在渡口我认出了他。
26. We took bus for over an hour to go to BC ferry port.
    我坐了一个多小时的公车到了BC省的码头。
27. We bumped over the precipitous road to the ferry.
    我们在险峻的路上颠簸着到了渡口。

noun

1. transport by boat or aircraft

   Synonym:    ferrying

2. a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule

   Synonym:    ferryboat

verb

1. travel by ferry

2. transport by ferry

3. transport from one place to another