ferries

英 [ˈferiz]

美 [ˈferiz]

n.  渡船; 摆渡
v.  渡运; 摆渡
ferry的第三人称单数和复数

IELTS

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 渡船;渡轮
  Aferryis 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。
• VERB (通常指定时往返两地间)运送，渡运，摆渡
  If a vehicleferriespeople 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。

双语例句

• Between these two great cities, Hong Kong and Guangzhou, there was only one daily train service, and no other transport links: no planes, one train, no automobiles or ferries.
  当时香港和广州这两座大城市之间每天只有一趟火车，还没有其他交通方式：没有飞机，没有汽车，也没有渡轮。
• It occurred to my uncle that trams slipping on rails and ferries sailing across the strait where seagulls flew would be needed badly.
  我叔叔就想到，在轨道上滑行的电车和在有海鸥飞翔地海峡中航行的渡轮将会极其需要。
• Is there an online schedule for ferries to all the other islands? Where can I find this information? Thank you!
  是否有一个在线日程安排渡轮所有其他岛屿？我在哪里可以找到这些信息？谢谢！
• To make ends meet, Fok worked as a labourer at the airport and shovelled coal onto ferries.
  为了生计霍先生干过机场搬运工和轮渡铲煤工。
• Three Taiwan ferries arrive in Fujian with direct crossings.
  三个台湾渔船跨越海峡直接抵达福建。
• Visitors are screened by metal detectors before they board ferries to the island from Lower Manhattan.
  游客们从下曼哈顿摆渡到自由岛之前都要经过金属探测器的检查。
• Ferries take visitors to both Ellis Island and Liberty Island, where the Statue of Liberty stands.
  轮渡可带游客到埃利斯岛和自由女神所矗立的自由岛。
• The ferries can cope with the traffic of both goods and passengers.
  货运与客运渡船都可应付。
• Ferries are a lifeline to the far-flung corners of Scotland.
  渡船是苏格兰边远地区的生命线。
• Ferries connect one to the smaller islands.
  摆渡船是连接这些岛屿和各个小岛的交通工具。