boat
/ˈbot/KK
/ˈboʊt/IPA
變化形
boats
1.
船；小船
比船艦小、通常用於水上載人、捕魚、休閒或運送物品的交通工具。
用法：可數名詞。談某一艘時通常要搭配冠詞或數量詞，如「一艘船」。
We went on a small boat on a summer day.
我們在夏天的一天搭了一艘小船。
The fishing boat came back before the bad weather came.
那艘漁船在壞天氣來之前回來了。
2.
艇；舟
為比賽、訓練或休閒划水而設計的細長小艇。
用法：可數名詞。在運動語境中，常與「划」或「賽艇」等字詞搭配。
Each boat needs a person to lead the people on it.
每艘船都需要一個人帶領船上的人。
The team took their boat to the lake after school.
隊員們放學後把他們的船帶到湖邊。
常見錯誤
We took boat to the island.
We took a boat to the island.／We went to the island by boat.
We went to the island by a boat.
We went to the island by boat.／We went to the island in a boat.
There is a boat in the sea.
There is a boat on the sea.
相關字詞
學習提示
・「by boat」著重交通方式；「take a boat」則表示搭船這個動作。
・上船常說「get on a boat」，下船常說「get off a boat」。若是小型開放式船隻，也常說「get into a boat」與「get out of a boat」。
・boat 可指各類小型船隻，不必限定為有槳的船。