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ferry 音標拼音: [f'ɛri] n. 渡船,渡口 渡船,渡口 ferry n 1: a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule [ synonym: { ferry}, { ferryboat}] 2: transport by boat or aircraft [ synonym: { ferry}, { ferrying}] v 1: transport from one place to another 2: transport by ferry 3: travel by ferryFerry \ Fer" ry\ ( f[ e^] r" r[ y^]), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Ferried} (- r[ i^] d); p. pr. & vb. n. { Ferrying}.] [ OE. ferien to convey, AS. ferian, from faran to go; akin to Icel. ferja to ferry, Goth. farjan to sail. See { Fare}.] 1. To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To convey back and forth regularly between two points in a vehicle; as, part of her day was spent ferrying the kids to and from school. [ PJC]
Ferry \ Fer" ry\, v. i. To pass over water in a boat or by a ferry. [ 1913 Webster] They ferry over this Lethean sound Both to and fro. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster]
Ferry \ Fer" ry\, n.; pl. { Ferries}. [ OE. feri; akin to Icel. ferja, Sw. f[ aum] rja, Dan. f[ ae] rge, G. f[ aum] hre. See { Ferry}, v. t.] 1. A place where persons or things are carried across a river, arm of the sea, etc., in a ferryboat. [ 1913 Webster] It can pass the ferry backward into light. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] To row me o' er the ferry. -- Campbell. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying passengers and freight across a river, bay, etc., charging tolls. [ 1913 Webster] { Ferry bridge}, a ferryboat adapted in its structure for the transfer of railroad trains across a river or bay. { Ferry railway}. See under { Railway}. [ 1913 Webster] 160 Moby Thesaurus words for " ferry": access, aeroplane, airlift, airplane, aisle, alley, almadia, ambulatory, aperture, arcade, ark, artery, auxiliary, avenue, balloon, barge, be airborne, bear, boat, buck, bus, buss, canoe, cargo boat, cart, cat, catamaran, channel, cloister, coach, cockle, cockleshell, cog, colonnade, communication, conduit, connection, convey, coracle, corridor, covered way, cruise, cruiser, cutter, defile, dinghy, dispatch boat, dray, drift, drifter, dugout, exit, ferryboat, fishing boat, flit, float, fly, ford, funny, gallery, galley, gig, glide, glider, gondola, haul, hop, houseboat, hover, hoy, hump, hydrofoil, hydroplane, inlet, interchange, intersection, ja, jet, jolly, jolly boat, junction, kayak, lane, launch, lifeboat, lighter, longboat, mailer, motorboat, navigate, opening, outboard, outlet, outrigger canoe, overpass, pass, passage, passageway, pilot, pilot boat, pinnace, piragua, pirogue, pontoon, portico, post boat, pram, punt, racer, racing shell, raft, railroad tunnel, randan, rowboat, rowing boat, runabout, sail, sailplane, sampan, scooter, scow, scull, seaplane, shallop, shell, ship, showboat, skiff, sled, sledge, small boat, sneakbox, soar, stimulating, surfboat, take the air, take wing, towboat, traject, trajet, trawlboat, trawler, trimaran, trow, truck, tug, tugboat, tunnel, underpass, van, volplane, wagon, wanigan, whale- gig, whaleboat, wheelbarrow, wherry, wing, yawl, yawl boat
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