Barge



GRE TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.平底货船, 驳船
• ［英］ n.平底货船, 驳船 ( a large boat, usually flat bottomed)
• ［类］ locomotive : flatcar / tugboat : barge ( 机车拖平台货车 / 拖船拖平底货船)
• ［记］ 可以和bargain ( 讨价还价) 一起记

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin barca
• Date: 14th century
• any of various boats: as
  • a. a roomy usually flat-bottomed boat used chiefly for the transport of goods on inland waterways and usually propelled by towing
  • b. a large motorboat supplied to the flag officer of a flagship
  • c. a roomy pleasure boat; especially a boat of state elegantly furnished and decorated

II. verb (barged; barging)

• Date: 1649
• transitive verb
  • to carry by barge
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to move ponderously or clumsily
  • 2. to thrust oneself heedlessly or unceremoniously <barged into the meeting>

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