ferry

noun

/ˈferi/

(plural ferries)

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a boat or ship that carries people, vehicles and goods across a river or across a narrow part of the sea渡船；摆渡；轮渡
- a passenger/car ferry客运/汽车渡轮
- the Staten Island ferry往返斯塔滕岛的渡船
- the ferry terminal at Calais加来的轮渡码头
- the Dover-Calais ferry crossing多佛尔–加来轮渡
- the cross-channel ferry service横渡海峡轮渡服务
- to take/catch the ferry乘/赶上渡船
- We boarded the ferry at Ostend.我们在奥斯坦德登上渡船。
Collocations Travel and tourism
Travel and tourism旅游和旅游业Holidays/vacations假期
- have/take (British English) a holiday/(North American English) a vacation/a break/a day off/(British English) a gap year休假；短期休假；休一天假；休空缺年假
- go on/be on holiday/vacation/leave/honeymoon/safari/a trip/a tour/a cruise/a pilgrimage去／在度假／休假／度蜜月／游猎／旅游／观光／乘船游览／朝圣
- go backpacking/camping/hitchhiking/sightseeing去背包旅行／露营／搭顺风车旅行／观光游览
- plan a trip/a holiday/a vacation/your itinerary计划旅行／假期／行程
- book accommodation/a hotel room/a flight/tickets预订住宿／酒店房间／航班／票
- have/make/cancel a reservation/(especially British English) booking预订；取消预订
- rent a villa/(both British English) a holiday home/a holiday cottage租一座度假别墅／一个度假住所／一座度假小别墅
- (especially British English) hire/ (especially North American English) rent a car/bicycle/moped租借一辆汽车／自行车／摩托自行车
- stay in a hotel/a bed and breakfast/a youth hostel/a villa/(both British English) a holiday home/a caravan住在酒店／提供住宿和早餐的旅馆／青年旅舍／度假别墅／度假住所／旅行拖车里
- cost/charge $100 a/per night for a single/double/twin/standard/(British English) en suite room单人房／双人房／标间／套房一晚花费／要价 100 美元
- check into/out of a hotel/a motel/your room入住／结账离开酒店／汽车旅馆／房间
- pack/unpack your suitcase/bags把东西装进手提箱／旅行包；取出手提箱／旅行包里的东西
- call/order room service打电话叫／叫客房服务
- cancel/cut short a trip/holiday/vacation取消／缩短旅程／假期
Foreign travel出国旅行
- apply for/get/renew a/your passport申请／拿到／续签护照
- take out/buy/get travel insurance获得／购买／取得旅游保险
- catch/miss your plane/train/ferry/connecting flight赶上／错过飞机／火车／渡船／转乘航班
- fly (in)/travel in business/economy class乘坐商务／经济舱飞行／旅行
- make/have a brief/two-day/twelve-hour stopover/(North American English also) layover in Hong Kong在香港作短暂的／两天的／十二小时的中途停留
- experience/cause/lead to delays遇上／引起／导致延误
- check (in)/collect/get/lose (your) (especially British English) luggage/(especially North American English) baggage托运／取／弄丢行李
- be charged for/pay excess baggage被收取／支付超重行李费
- board/get on/leave/get off the aircraft/plane/ship/ferry上／下飞机／船／渡船
- taxi down/leave/approach/hit/overshoot the runway在跑道上滑行；离开／接近／降落在／冲出跑道
- experience/hit/encounter severe turbulence遇到强烈的气流
- suffer from/recover from/get over your jet lag/travel sickness遭受时差反应／晕车；从时差反应／晕车恢复过来；克服时差反应／晕车
The tourist industry旅游业
- attract/draw/bring tourists/visitors吸引游客
- encourage/promote/hurt tourism鼓励／促进／损害旅游业
- promote/develop ecotourism促进／发展生态旅游
- build/develop/visit a tourist/holiday/(especially British English) seaside/beach/ski resort建立／开发／参观旅游／假日／海滨／海滩／滑雪胜地
- work for/be operated by a major hotel chain就职于一家大型连锁酒店；由一家大型连锁酒店经营
- be served by/compete with low-cost/(especially North American English) low-fare/budget airlines由廉价航空公司提供服务；与廉价航空公司竞争
- book something through/make a booking through/use a travel agent通过旅行社预订；经旅行社代办
- contact/check with your travel agent/tour operator联系旅行社；向旅行社咨询
- book/be on/go on a package deal/holiday/tour预订／进行／去包价旅游
- buy/bring back (tacky/overpriced) souvenirs购买／带回（低劣的／定价过高的）纪念品
- The ferry departs at 8 p.m.这艘渡轮晚上 8 时起航。
- The last ferry sails at 4 p.m.最后一班渡船下午 4 点开。
- We caught the ferry across the river.我们赶上了过河的渡船。
- We caught the ferry to Fire Island.我们赶上了开往法尔岛的渡船。
- We watched the ferry dock.我们看着渡船停靠码头。
- We went by night ferry.我们乘夜班渡船去的。
- a ferry carrying more than a thousand people一艘载客 1,000 多人的渡轮
- the ferries that cross the Mekong River横渡湄公河的渡船
- the ferry between Cape Cod and the islands在科德角和群岛之间往返的渡船
- the ferry between Dundee and Tayport在邓迪和泰波特之间往返的渡船
- the ferry for Italy去意大利的渡船
- the ferry from Toronto to Rochester从多伦多到罗切斯特的渡船
- the people on the ferry渡船上的人
Topics Transport by waterb1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- car
- passenger
- cross-Channel
- …
verb + ferry
- get
- ride
- take
- …
ferry + verb
- carry somebody
- take somebody
- arrive
- …
ferry + noun
- crossing
- journey
- ride
- …
preposition
- aboard a/the ferry
- on a/the ferry
- on board a/the ferry
- …
词源Middle English: from Old Norse ferja ‘ferry boat’, of Germanic origin and related to fare.