Tra từ boat - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

1 different kinds of boat
2 parts of boats
3 people on boats
4 harbours and ports
5 travelling on a boat
6 the movement of boats
7 building boats
see also TRANSPORT, TRAVEL

1 different kinds of boat
- a vehicle that is used for travelling across water: boat
※ working boats
- a large boat that is used for carrying passengers or goods by sea: ship, (formal) vessel
In which country was this vessel registered?
- a ship that carries goods from one place to another: freighter, cargo ship
- a ship that is used for carrying large amounts of petrol, oil, etc: (oil) tanker
- a boat that is used for catching fish: fishing boat
- a type of fishing boat which pulls a long net through the sea to catch fish: trawler
- a long, narrow boat that is used for carrying goods along rivers and canals: barge
- a large ship that carries people long distances: liner
- a liner that is used for taking people on holiday tours: cruise liner
- a boat that carries people, cars, etc on short journeys: ferry
We took the car ferry from Dover to Calais.
- a type of boat that moves over land or water on a cushion of air: hovercraft
- a small, strong boat which pulls larger boats into or out of a harbour: tugboat
- a special boat that is used to rescue people who are in danger at sea: lifeboat
- a small boat that is kept on a ship and is used by people to escape if the ship is going to sink: lifeboat
- a ship for use in war: warship
※ more on warships NAVY
※ sailing boats
- a boat or ship that has a sail on it which the wind can blow against and move the boat along: sailing boat, sailing ship
- a sailing boat used for pleasure: yacht
- to go somewhere in a sailing boat: sail (sth)
My brother's planning to sail (his yacht) to Bermuda.
- using a sailing boat or yacht for sport or pleasure: sailing (noun U), yachting (noun U)
Would you like to go out sailing this afternoon?
- a person who sails a yacht: yachtsman
※ motor boats
- a boat which is powered by an engine: motor boat
- a large and luxurious motor boat, used for pleasure: yacht
- a motor boat which has room for people to sleep on it: cabin cruiser
- a fast motor boat often used for racing: powerboat, speedboat
※ small boats
- a small, open boat, often used to take people to or from a larger boat: dinghy
- a simple, flat boat that you make by tying pieces of wood together: raft
- to make a rowing boat move you row (it)
We rowed to the other side of the lake. ◎ They rowed the boat back to shore.
- using a rowing boat for sport or pleasure: rowing (noun U)
an Olympic rowing gold medallist
- to make a canoe move you paddle (it)
Paddling a canoe is not easy!
- using a canoe for sport or pleasure: canoeing (noun U)
We're going to go canoeing in Canada this summer.
※ groups of boats
- a group of boats that sail and work together: fleet
a fishing fleet
- a group of boats travelling together: convoy (noun C/U)
The boats travelled in convoy.
- ships considered as a group or as traffic: shipping (noun U)
The English Channel has some of the busiest shipping lanes in the world.

2 parts of boats
- one of the floors of a boat: deck; on a deck which is in the open air: on deck
Let's go and sit on deck.
- a small room in a boat where sb can sleep: cabin; a kind of bed in a cabin: bunk, berth
a cabin with four berths
- a round window on a boat: porthole
- the front part of a boat: bow
- the back part of a boat: stern
- the side of a boat that is on the left when you are facing the front: port
- the side of a boat that is on the right when you are facing the front: starboard

3 people on boats
- a person who works on a boat or ship: sailor
- the person who is in command of a boat or ship: captain
- all the people who work on a boat or ship: crew (with singular or plural verb)
This ship has a crew of 28. ◎ The crew were all swept overboard.
※ people who work in the navy NAVY
- a person who is travelling on a ship but is not working on it: passenger
- the person on a ship who deals with money and with passengers' problems: purser
- a man/woman who looks after the passengers on a ship, etc: steward/stewardess

4 harbours and ports
- a sheltered area on the coast where boats are kept when they are not at sea: harbour (AmE harbor) (noun C/U)
a huge natural harbour ◎ They couldn't leave harbour because of the weather.
- a harbour for pleasure boats: marina
- an area where ships load and unload goods and passengers: port (noun C/U)
a fishing port ◎ a ferry port ◎ The ship spent a week in port.
- a town which has a port: port
Liverpool was once an important port.
- an area of a port where the ships stop to be loaded, unloaded, repaired, etc: dock (often plural)
the London docks
- a group of docks and buildings in a port: the docks (noun plural)
- a stone or metal platform in a port where boats are loaded and unloaded: quay
- a place where a ship can be tied up in a harbour: berth
- a platform built out into the sea, a river, etc as a landing place for boats: jetty
- a building in which boats are kept: boathouse

5 travelling on a boat
- to travel on water in a boat of any type: sail
We sailed to America in the QE2.
- to get on a ship: board (sth), go* on board, (formal) embark; noun (U): (formal) embarkation
We boarded the ship at midday. ◎ Passengers can now board.
- when you are on a ship you are on board, aboard
There were a thousand passengers on board. ◎ All aboard please!
- to begin a journey by sea: sail, set* sail (from/to/for a place)
When does the ship sail? ◎ The Spanish fleet set sail for England in 1588.
- when you are sailing on the sea in a ship, you are at sea
- to get off a ship: go* ashore, (formal) disembark
If you are not sailing with us on this trip, you should go ashore now.
- illness caused by the rolling movement of a boat: seasickness (noun U); adjective: seasick
to suffer from seasickness ◎ I'm feeling rather seasick - I think I'll go and lie down.
- a holiday where you travel by boat and visit a number of places: cruise
My parents went on a wonderful cruise up the river Nile this summer.
- a long journey by sea: (formal) voyage
Captain Cook made his first voyage to the South Pacific in 1768.
※ controlling a boat
- to move or guide a ship through a particular place: navigate (sth)
We managed to navigate the boat through the rocks.
- to use a map, etc to find out which way a boat, etc should go: navigate; noun (U): navigation
- to act as the guide on a ship, for example when it is entering a harbour: pilot sth; a person who does this: pilot
- when a boat stops somewhere on the coast, it puts* into a place, puts* in at a place
- when a boat sails into a dock, it docks
※ accidents in boats
- when a boat goes down under the water because it cannot float, it sinks*
- a ship which is destroyed by a storm or by moving onto rocks, etc is wrecked; a ship that has been sunk or badly damaged: wreck, shipwreck; a person or ship that has suffered an accident like this has been shipwrecked
- to fall from a boat into the sea: fall* overboard
- a person who is left in a place far from civilization after a shipwreck: castaway
Can you imagine being a castaway on a desert island?
- a special signal to ask for help when you are in danger at sea, etc: SOS
They put out an SOS to say the ship was on fire.

6 the movement of boats
- to stay on the surface of the water: float; a boat which is floating is afloat (not before a noun)
The yacht was badly damaged and could not remain afloat for much longer.
- to be carried along by wind or water in no particular direction: drift
The boat drifted out to sea.
- to move backwards and forwards: pitch; to move from side to side: roll
The trawler was pitching and rolling violently in the storm.

7 building boats
- a person or company that builds ships: shipbuilder; the business of doing this: shipbuilding (noun U)
- a place where ships are built and repaired: shipyard
- to send a newly built ship into the water: launch (sth)
The Queen launched the Navy's latest nuclear submarine yesterday.