BOAT PEOPLE

Meaning of BOAT PEOPLE in English

refugees who have fled a country by boat, usually without sufficient provisions, navigational aids, or a set destination, esp. those who left Indochina by sea as a result of the fall of South Vietnam in 1975.

[ 1975-80 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

BOAT PEOPLE — noun plural Date: 1977 refugees fleeing by boat
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BOAT PEOPLE — Refugees fleeing by boat. The term originally referred to the thousands of Vietnamese who fled their country by sea following …
Английский словарь Британика
BOAT PEOPLE — noun plural : refugees fleeing by boat
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOAT PEOPLE — n. refugees who flee their country by sea; Indochinese refugees who fled Indochina by sea in small boats following the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BOAT PEOPLE — Date: 1977 : refugees fleeing by boat
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BOAT PEOPLE — Function: noun plural Date: 1977 : refugees fleeing by boat
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BOAT PEOPLE — ■ plural noun refugees who have left a country by sea.
Concise Oxford English vocab
BOAT PEOPLE — [boat people] n pl (1977): refugees fleeing by boat
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BOAT PEOPLE — noun [ pl. ] people who escape from their own country in small boats to try to find safety in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOAT PEOPLE — ˈboat ˌpeople BrE AmE noun [plural] people who escape from bad conditions in their country in small boats ⇨ refugees
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BOAT PEOPLE — Boat people are people who escape from their country in small boats to travel to another country in the hope …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOAT PEOPLE — Boat people are people who escape from their country in small boats to travel to another country in the hope …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
BOAT PEOPLE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A boat has to be purchased, from some one willing to sell it to potential …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BOAT PEOPLE — Refugees fleeing by boat. The term originally referred to the thousands of Vietnamese who fled their country by sea following …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BOAT PEOPLE — ист, полит "лодочники" Так сначала в средствах массовой информации, а потом повсеместно называли беженцев, приплывавших в страны Юго-Восточной Азии из Вьетнама, а …
BOAT PEOPLE — ист. полит. "лодочники" Так сначала в средствах массовой информации, а потом повсеместно называли беженцев, приплывавших в страны Юго-Восточной Азии из …
PEOPLE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) hamlet people People's Republic of China Lao People's Democratic Republic Socialist People's Libyan Arab …
Английский словарь Британика
PEOPLE — I. ˈpēpəl noun ( plural people or peoples ; see numbered senses ) Etymology: Middle English peple, poeple, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOAT — I. ˈbōt, usu -d.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English boot, from Old English bāt; akin to Old Norse …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PEOPLE — — peopleless , adj. — peopler , n. /pee"peuhl/ , n. , pl. peoples for 4, v. , peopled, peopling …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BOAT — — boatable , adj. — boatless , adj. /boht/ , n. 1. a vessel for transport by water, constructed to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PEOPLE — I. ˈpē-pəl noun ( plural people ) Etymology: Middle English peple, from Anglo-French pople, peple, peuple, from Latin populus Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BOAT — I. ˈbōt noun Etymology: Middle English boot, from Old English bāt; akin to Old Norse beit boat Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PEOPLE — noun one's subjects; fellow citizens; companions; followers. 2. people ·noun one's ancestors or family; kindred; relations; as, my people were …
Webster English vocab
BOAT — vi to go or row in a boat. 2. boat ·vt to place in a boat; as, to boat oars. …
Webster English vocab
BOAT — [boat] n [ME boot, fr. OE bat; akin to ON beit boat] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a small vessel for …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PEOPLE — / ˈpiːpl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ pl. ] persons; men, women and children : At …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOAT — / bəʊt; NAmE boʊt/ noun 1. a vehicle (smaller than a ship) that travels on water, moved by oars , …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PEOPLE — I. peo ‧ ple 1 S1 W1 /ˈpiːp ə l/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BOAT — boat S1 W2 /bəʊt $ boʊt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: bat ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PEOPLE — n. & v. --n. 1 (usu. as pl.) a persons composing a community, tribe, race, nation, etc. (the English people; …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BOAT — n. & v. --n. 1 a small vessel propelled on water by an engine, oars, or sails. 2 (in general …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PEOPLE — n. & v. n. 1 (usu. as pl.) a persons composing a community, tribe, race, nation, etc. (the English people; …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BOAT — n. & v. n. 1 a small vessel propelled on water by an engine, oars, or sails. 2 (in general …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PEOPLE — n. & v. --n. 1. (usu. as pl.) a persons composing a community, tribe, race, nation, etc. (the English people; …
Oxford English vocab
BOAT — n. & v. --n. 1. a small vessel propelled on water by an engine, oars, or sails. 2 (in general …
Oxford English vocab
PEOPLE — ( peoples, peopling, peopled) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. People are …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOAT — ( boats) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A boat is something …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PEOPLE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a crowd of people ▪ I pushed my way through the crowd of people. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BOAT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BOAT — [noun] [C] - a small vehicle for travelling on water, or (informal) a shipa rowing/sailing boata fishing boatWe took turns …
Cambridge English vocab
PEOPLE — n. People's Republic of Bangladesh hamlet people People's Republic of China Lao People's Democratic Republic Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriyyah …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BOAT — Synonyms and related words : almadia, argosy, ark, auto, autocar, automobile, auxiliary, barge, bark, bottom, bucket, buggy, bus, buss, canoe, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PEOPLE — INDEX: 1. a person 2. people in general 3. all the people in a particular area, city, country etc 4. …
Longman Activator English vocab
BOAT — n. vessel, craft, skiff, small craft, motor boat, speedboat, knockabout, runabout, yacht, motor yacht, sailing-yacht, Brit rowing-boat, sailing-boat, US row-boat, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PEOPLE — noun 1 BAD : After a hard day, all people need to relax. GOOD : After a hard day, everyone …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
PEOPLE — 1. сущ. 1) а) народ, нация Syn : folk б) перен. существа, народец (о животных, насекомых, птицах или сказочных существах) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BOAT — 1. сущ. 1) лодка; шлюпка; корабль; судно; подводная лодка to take the boat ≈ сесть на корабль to row boat …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PEOPLE — people.ogg 1. ʹpi:p(ə)l n 1. народ, нация the French people - французский народ, французы English-speaking peoples - народы, оворящие на …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BOAT — boat.ogg 1. bəʋt n 1. 1> лодка; шлюпка; бот pair-oar four-oar boat - лодка с одной парой с двумя парами …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BOAT — 1) лодка, шлюпка; катер; судно 2) электрон. лодка, лодочка ( для отбора проб или загрузки заготовок ) 3) кассета ( …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
BOAT — 1) лодка, шлюпка; катер; судно 2) электрон. лодка, лодочка (для отбора проб или загрузки заготовок) 3) кассета (в микроэлектронной технологии) • - airfoil boat - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
BOAT — 1) бот; лодка; шлюпка; катер; судно - crab boat - crew boat - derrick boat - dispatch boat - fire boat - flying boat - hydro-jet boat - …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PEOPLE — people сущ.1) а) народ, нация Syn:folk б) перен. существа, народец (о животных, насекомых, птицах или сказочных существах) The ants are …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PEOPLE — 1. ʹpi:p(ə)l n 1. народ, нация the French people - французский народ, французы English-speaking peoples - народы, оворящие на английском …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BOAT — 1. bəʋt n 1. 1> лодка; шлюпка; бот pair-oar four-oar boat - лодка с одной парой с двумя парами вёсел …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PEOPLE — 1. сущ. 1) а) народ, нация Syn: folk б) перен. существа, народец ( о животных, насекомых, птицах или сказочных существах …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BOAT — 1. сущ. 1) лодка; шлюпка; корабль; судно; подводная лодка to take the boat — сесть на корабль to row boat …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PEOPLE — 1. сущ. 1) а) народ, нация Syn: folk б) перен. существа, народец (о животных, насекомых, птицах или сказочных существах) The ants are very small people. — …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BOAT — 1. сущ. 1) лодка; шлюпка; корабль; судно; подводная лодка to take the boat — сесть на корабль to row boat — грести на …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PEOPLE — в соч. - applications people - computer people - construction people - differently-skilled people - job-shop people - product design …
Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства 2
PEOPLE — в соч. - applications people - computer people - construction people - differently-skilled people - job-shop people - product design people - research people - software people - tool …
Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства
PEOPLE — 1. _n. 1> народ, нация 2> as _pl. люди; население; жители; - young people - country people people say that …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
BOAT — 1. _n. 1> лодка; шлюпка; корабль; судно; подводная лодка; to take the boat - сесть на судно; to go by …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция

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