Ferry



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• n.渡船; 渡口; v.运送
• ［英］ v.运送 ( to take across a river )
• ［记］ fer ( 带) +ry -> ( 把人) 带来带去的东西 -> 渡船
• ［同］ 同根词: floriferous ( 有花的) ; differ ( 不同)
• ［例］ ferrying the children to and from school in the car

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (ferried; ferrying)

• Etymology: Middle English ferien, from Old English ferian to carry, convey; akin to Old English faran to go — more at fare
• Date: before 12th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to carry by boat over a body of water
    • b. to cross by a ferry
  • 2.
    • a. to convey (as by aircraft or motor vehicle) from one place to another ; transport
    • b. to fly (an airplane) from the factory or other shipping point to a designated delivery point or from one base to another
• intransitive verb
  • to cross water in a boat

II. noun (plural ferries)

• Date: 15th century
• 1. a place where persons or things are carried across a body of water (as a river) in a boat
• 2. ferryboat
• 3. a franchise or right to operate a ferry service across a body of water
• 4. an organized service and route for flying airplanes especially across a sea or continent for delivery to the user

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