1 N-COUNT [oft by NOUN] 船；小船 A boat is something in which people can travel across water. 船；小船
SYN vessel, ship, craft, barge [informal]
2 N-COUNT 客轮；客船 You can refer to a passenger ship as a boat . 客轮；客船
3 See also: gravy boat rowing boat
4 PHRASE 坐失良机；错失机会 If you say that someone has missed the boat, you mean that they have missed an opportunity and may not get another. 坐失良机；错失机会
SYN miss your chance or opportunity, miss out, be too late, lose out
5 PHRASE （尤指为了庆祝）挥金如土，大事铺张 If you push the boat out, you spend a lot of money on something, especially in order to celebrate. （尤指为了庆祝）挥金如土，大事铺张 [British]
SYN celebrate, party, large it [British , slang] , have a fling
6 PHRASE 捣乱；兴风作浪 If you say that someone is rocking the boat, you mean that they are upsetting a calm situation and causing trouble. 捣乱；兴风作浪
SYN cause trouble, protest, object, dissent
7 PHRASE 处于相同的倒霉境地；同病相怜 If two or more people are in the same boat, they are in the same unpleasant situation. 处于相同的倒霉境地；同病相怜
SYN in the same situation, alike, even, together
Quotations
There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats Kenneth Grahame The Wind in the Willows
| Thesaurus | boat Also look up: |
| N. | craft, ship, vessel 1 |
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