transcription, транскрипция: [ boʊt ]
( boats)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A boat is something in which people can travel across water.
One of the best ways to see the area is in a small boat...
The island may be reached by boat from the mainland.
N-COUNT : also by N
2.
You can refer to a passenger ship as a boat .
When the boat reached Cape Town, we said a temporary goodbye.
N-COUNT
3.
see also gravy boat , rowing boat
4.
If you say that someone has missed the boat , you mean that they have missed an opportunity and may not get another.
PHRASE : V inflects
5.
If you push the boat out , you spend a lot of money on something, especially in order to celebrate. ( BRIT )
I earn enough to push the boat out now and again.
PHRASE : V inflects
6.
If you say that someone is rocking the boat , you mean that they are upsetting a calm situation and causing trouble.
I said I didn’t want to rock the boat in any way.
PHRASE : V inflects
7.
If two or more people are in the same boat , they are in the same unpleasant situation.
PHRASE : usu v-link PHR