Definition of oar in English:

oar

noun ɔːɔr

1A pole with a flat blade, used to row or steer a boat through the water.
桨
she pulled hard on the oars
Example sentencesExamples
- I love being on the water, I love the sound the water makes and the oars on the boat, all of those things.
- Each boat contains a crew of two and each crew rows an identical 7.1 metre boat that includes two sliding seats and the same sculling oars as used in standard rowing boats.
- As well as traditional rowing oars and sculls, they manufacture oars for surf boat rowing, and transatlantic teams.
- Slowly, she got into the rowing boat, shipped the oars and made her way across to the centre of the river.
- After dark, we could hear the sound of oars of an approaching dinghy.
- The starboard oars dipped into the water and were held fast and the great ship slowed and stopped.
- She saw a small wooden dock, and a wooden rowboat with two oars floating in the water.
- In his opinion, it is very important to have on board: oars, oarlocks, a boat hook, a good knife, a sounder and the mobile phone.
- He relates the importance of the thole, which secures the oar to the boat, and notes that towing was the expedition's worst job assignment.
- Organised by the Gauteng Dragon Boat Association, long boats and oars will be provided for participants who do not have their own team boat.
- The eight occupants of the boat take to the oars, pulling hard against the wind and waves.
- They pull hard at the oars until the boat is abreast of the island, and then they ram the bow against its icy littoral.
- We docked by a port with several other boats in, most of them small rowing boats with oars.
- Sitting high in the water their oars were clearing the waves and the crew looked polished and clean.
- The ship can be easily steered with just the oars doing all the work when the sail is down.
- Kaishek failed to notice the concealed motion and came at his opponent with both blades swirling like the oars of a seven man regatta rowing boat.
- The fine owner of a lodge at the shoreline was gracious enough to offer an aluminum boat with oars for our use.
- The canoe slowed down to a stop and Pierce set the oars back in the boat.
- Sailors pushed up and down on the oars like a water pump to manoeuvre the boat.
- Smith got his oar stuck in the water and had to stop rowing with 600 metres to go.
Synonyms
scull, sweep, blade, spoon, spade
1. 1.1 An oarsman; a rower.
  划桨者；桨手
  I was stroke oar and John was in the bow
  Example sentencesExamples
  The person on the port side all the way aft is the stroke oar, the rower who sets the pace that everyone else must match.
  The crew suddenly lost their stroke oar to eligibility issues, and Erickson was back to the drawing board to find a line-up.
  He is considered by many as the best ‘stroke’ oar in the long history of lightweight rowing at Harvard.

verb ɔːɔr

[with object]

Propel with or as if with oars; row.
〈北美〉划桨；做划桨动作
oaring the sea like madmen
像一群疯子一样在海上划船。
no object, with adverbial of direction oaring through the weeds
Example sentencesExamples
- The inhabitants of the area have long sailed, poled and oared their way along the delta's vast network of channels, which, in the pre-French era linked them to Southeast Asia's expanding markets.
- But everything progressed smoothly and he oared his canopy slow and smooth on the calm river, along with many others, all dreaming to reach the pinnacle of success through self-actualization.
- In May, foods and prayers are offered to Tin Hau, the goddess of fishermen, and the following month the brightly decorated Dragon Boats are oared swiftly in races through Hong Kong's waters.
- They're oared to the docks where a Guild Estimator boards and examines the cargo, noting its quality and determining the number of lots that will go up for sale.

Phrases

put (or stick) one's oar in

informal Give an opinion without being asked.
〈非正式〉插嘴，插话
she was talking to me just now, before you put your oar in
Example sentencesExamples
- Every one else is jumping on the health bandwagon, so I might as well stick my oar in.
- It's rare to see a film these days where the studio hasn't come in and stuck their oar in because they are scared the audience will be shocked or leave unhappy because the good guy died.
- Excuse me for sticking my oar in, but for me there can be only one winner of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, which will be announced today.
- Since everyone's speculating, I might as well stick my oar in.
- But the government sticking their oar in is an entirely different matter.
- At this point, the guard, who had been skulking around listening to our conversation, decided to stick his oar in.
- Until the PC do-gooders stuck their oar in, schools could punish those who needed it.
- The minister argued that education should be at the centre of political discussion: ‘Everyone is allowed to put his oar in on how to overcome our economic problems.
- Worse still, she's been sticking her oar in with a new staff member - giving her her own special take on the personnel and the running of the department.
- Will State and Territory governments now put their oar in?
Synonyms
butt into, barge into, pry into, nose into, be nosy about, intrude into, intervene in, get involved in, intercede in, encroach on, impinge on, impose oneself on

rest on one's oars

Relax one's efforts.
Example sentencesExamples
- So to the boffins who might think otherwise, rest on your oars and watch it happen.
- Have the Russians already digested the lesson that a balance of deterrents produces an equilibrium on the strength of which one can rest one's oars?
- There is no need and no scope for resting on our oars.
- The negotiating team decided to rest on their oars and wait until their partners had a chance to consider the offer.

Derivatives

oared

adjective

in combination four-oared sculls

oarless

adjective

It is the place where an oarless boat full of refugees from the Holy Land washed ashore not long after Jesus was crucified.
Example sentencesExamples
- His life was spared because his daughter Hypsipyle set him adrift in an oarless boat.
- Floating in an oarless boat, they eventually arrived at the southern coast of France.

Origin

Old English ār, of Germanic origin; related to Danish and Norwegian åre.

Rhymes

abhor, adore, afore, anymore, ashore, awe, bandore, Bangalore, before, boar, Boer, bore, caw, chore, claw, cocksure, comprador, cor, core, corps, craw, Delors, deplore, door, draw, drawer, evermore, explore, flaw, floor, for, forbore, fore, foresaw, forevermore, forswore, four, fourscore, furthermore, Gábor, galore, gnaw, gore, grantor, guarantor, guffaw, hard-core, Haugh, haw, hoar, ignore, implore, Indore, interwar, jaw, Johor, Lahore, law, lessor, lor, lore, macaw, man-o'-war, maw, mirador, mor, more, mortgagor, Mysore, nevermore, nor, obligor, offshore, onshore, open-jaw, or, ore, outdoor, outwore, paw, poor, pore, pour, rapport, raw, roar, saw, scaur, score, senhor, señor, shaw, ship-to-shore, shop-floor, shore, signor, Singapore, snore, soar, softcore, sore, spore, store, straw, swore, Tagore, tau, taw, thaw, Thor, threescore, tor, tore, torr, trapdoor, tug-of-war, two-by-four, underfloor, underscore, war, warrantor, Waugh, whore, withdraw, wore, yaw, yore, your

Definition of oar in US English:

oar

nounɔrôr

1A pole with a flat blade, pivoting in an oar lock, used to row or steer a boat through the water.
桨
Example sentencesExamples
- She saw a small wooden dock, and a wooden rowboat with two oars floating in the water.
- Sitting high in the water their oars were clearing the waves and the crew looked polished and clean.
- The eight occupants of the boat take to the oars, pulling hard against the wind and waves.
- He relates the importance of the thole, which secures the oar to the boat, and notes that towing was the expedition's worst job assignment.
- Organised by the Gauteng Dragon Boat Association, long boats and oars will be provided for participants who do not have their own team boat.
- Kaishek failed to notice the concealed motion and came at his opponent with both blades swirling like the oars of a seven man regatta rowing boat.
- Sailors pushed up and down on the oars like a water pump to manoeuvre the boat.
- They pull hard at the oars until the boat is abreast of the island, and then they ram the bow against its icy littoral.
- The ship can be easily steered with just the oars doing all the work when the sail is down.
- We docked by a port with several other boats in, most of them small rowing boats with oars.
- The canoe slowed down to a stop and Pierce set the oars back in the boat.
- Smith got his oar stuck in the water and had to stop rowing with 600 metres to go.
- As well as traditional rowing oars and sculls, they manufacture oars for surf boat rowing, and transatlantic teams.
- The fine owner of a lodge at the shoreline was gracious enough to offer an aluminum boat with oars for our use.
- The starboard oars dipped into the water and were held fast and the great ship slowed and stopped.
- After dark, we could hear the sound of oars of an approaching dinghy.
- In his opinion, it is very important to have on board: oars, oarlocks, a boat hook, a good knife, a sounder and the mobile phone.
- I love being on the water, I love the sound the water makes and the oars on the boat, all of those things.
- Slowly, she got into the rowing boat, shipped the oars and made her way across to the centre of the river.
- Each boat contains a crew of two and each crew rows an identical 7.1 metre boat that includes two sliding seats and the same sculling oars as used in standard rowing boats.
Synonyms
scull, sweep, blade, spoon, spade
1. 1.1 A rower.
  Example sentencesExamples
  He is considered by many as the best ‘stroke’ oar in the long history of lightweight rowing at Harvard.
  The person on the port side all the way aft is the stroke oar, the rower who sets the pace that everyone else must match.
  The crew suddenly lost their stroke oar to eligibility issues, and Erickson was back to the drawing board to find a line-up.

verbɔrôr

[with object]

Row; propel with or as with oars.
〈北美〉划桨；做划桨动作
oaring the sea like madmen
像一群疯子一样在海上划船。
no object, with adverbial of direction oaring through the weeds
Example sentencesExamples
- In May, foods and prayers are offered to Tin Hau, the goddess of fishermen, and the following month the brightly decorated Dragon Boats are oared swiftly in races through Hong Kong's waters.
- But everything progressed smoothly and he oared his canopy slow and smooth on the calm river, along with many others, all dreaming to reach the pinnacle of success through self-actualization.
- The inhabitants of the area have long sailed, poled and oared their way along the delta's vast network of channels, which, in the pre-French era linked them to Southeast Asia's expanding markets.
- They're oared to the docks where a Guild Estimator boards and examines the cargo, noting its quality and determining the number of lots that will go up for sale.

Phrases

rest on one's oars

Relax one's efforts.
Example sentencesExamples
- So to the boffins who might think otherwise, rest on your oars and watch it happen.
- Have the Russians already digested the lesson that a balance of deterrents produces an equilibrium on the strength of which one can rest one's oars?
- There is no need and no scope for resting on our oars.
- The negotiating team decided to rest on their oars and wait until their partners had a chance to consider the offer.

put in one's oar

informal Give an opinion without being asked.
〈非正式〉插嘴，插话
Example sentencesExamples
- Every one else is jumping on the health bandwagon, so I might as well stick my oar in.
- But the government sticking their oar in is an entirely different matter.
- Since everyone's speculating, I might as well stick my oar in.
- Worse still, she's been sticking her oar in with a new staff member - giving her her own special take on the personnel and the running of the department.
- Will State and Territory governments now put their oar in?
- Excuse me for sticking my oar in, but for me there can be only one winner of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, which will be announced today.
- It's rare to see a film these days where the studio hasn't come in and stuck their oar in because they are scared the audience will be shocked or leave unhappy because the good guy died.
- At this point, the guard, who had been skulking around listening to our conversation, decided to stick his oar in.
- Until the PC do-gooders stuck their oar in, schools could punish those who needed it.
- The minister argued that education should be at the centre of political discussion: ‘Everyone is allowed to put his oar in on how to overcome our economic problems.
Synonyms
butt into, barge into, pry into, nose into, be nosy about, intrude into, intervene in, get involved in, intercede in, encroach on, impinge on, impose oneself on

Origin

Old English ār, of Germanic origin; related to Danish and Norwegian åre.

单词	oar
释义	Definition of oar in English: oar noun ɔːɔr 1A pole with a flat blade, used to row or steer a boat through the water. 桨 she pulled hard on the oars Example sentencesExamples I love being on the water, I love the sound the water makes and the oars on the boat, all of those things. Each boat contains a crew of two and each crew rows an identical 7.1 metre boat that includes two sliding seats and the same sculling oars as used in standard rowing boats. As well as traditional rowing oars and sculls, they manufacture oars for surf boat rowing, and transatlantic teams. Slowly, she got into the rowing boat, shipped the oars and made her way across to the centre of the river. After dark, we could hear the sound of oars of an approaching dinghy. The starboard oars dipped into the water and were held fast and the great ship slowed and stopped. She saw a small wooden dock, and a wooden rowboat with two oars floating in the water. In his opinion, it is very important to have on board: oars, oarlocks, a boat hook, a good knife, a sounder and the mobile phone. He relates the importance of the thole, which secures the oar to the boat, and notes that towing was the expedition's worst job assignment. Organised by the Gauteng Dragon Boat Association, long boats and oars will be provided for participants who do not have their own team boat. The eight occupants of the boat take to the oars, pulling hard against the wind and waves. They pull hard at the oars until the boat is abreast of the island, and then they ram the bow against its icy littoral. We docked by a port with several other boats in, most of them small rowing boats with oars. Sitting high in the water their oars were clearing the waves and the crew looked polished and clean. The ship can be easily steered with just the oars doing all the work when the sail is down. Kaishek failed to notice the concealed motion and came at his opponent with both blades swirling like the oars of a seven man regatta rowing boat. The fine owner of a lodge at the shoreline was gracious enough to offer an aluminum boat with oars for our use. The canoe slowed down to a stop and Pierce set the oars back in the boat. Sailors pushed up and down on the oars like a water pump to manoeuvre the boat. Smith got his oar stuck in the water and had to stop rowing with 600 metres to go. Synonyms scull, sweep, blade, spoon, spade 1.1 An oarsman; a rower. 划桨者；桨手 I was stroke oar and John was in the bow Example sentencesExamples The person on the port side all the way aft is the stroke oar, the rower who sets the pace that everyone else must match. The crew suddenly lost their stroke oar to eligibility issues, and Erickson was back to the drawing board to find a line-up. He is considered by many as the best ‘stroke’ oar in the long history of lightweight rowing at Harvard. verb ɔːɔr [with object] Propel with or as if with oars; row. 〈北美〉划桨；做划桨动作 oaring the sea like madmen 像一群疯子一样在海上划船。 no object, with adverbial of direction oaring through the weeds Example sentencesExamples The inhabitants of the area have long sailed, poled and oared their way along the delta's vast network of channels, which, in the pre-French era linked them to Southeast Asia's expanding markets. But everything progressed smoothly and he oared his canopy slow and smooth on the calm river, along with many others, all dreaming to reach the pinnacle of success through self-actualization. In May, foods and prayers are offered to Tin Hau, the goddess of fishermen, and the following month the brightly decorated Dragon Boats are oared swiftly in races through Hong Kong's waters. They're oared to the docks where a Guild Estimator boards and examines the cargo, noting its quality and determining the number of lots that will go up for sale. Phrases put (or stick) one's oar in informal Give an opinion without being asked. 〈非正式〉插嘴，插话 she was talking to me just now, before you put your oar in Example sentencesExamples Every one else is jumping on the health bandwagon, so I might as well stick my oar in. It's rare to see a film these days where the studio hasn't come in and stuck their oar in because they are scared the audience will be shocked or leave unhappy because the good guy died. Excuse me for sticking my oar in, but for me there can be only one winner of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, which will be announced today. Since everyone's speculating, I might as well stick my oar in. But the government sticking their oar in is an entirely different matter. At this point, the guard, who had been skulking around listening to our conversation, decided to stick his oar in. Until the PC do-gooders stuck their oar in, schools could punish those who needed it. The minister argued that education should be at the centre of political discussion: ‘Everyone is allowed to put his oar in on how to overcome our economic problems. Worse still, she's been sticking her oar in with a new staff member - giving her her own special take on the personnel and the running of the department. Will State and Territory governments now put their oar in? Synonyms butt into, barge into, pry into, nose into, be nosy about, intrude into, intervene in, get involved in, intercede in, encroach on, impinge on, impose oneself on rest on one's oars Relax one's efforts. Example sentencesExamples So to the boffins who might think otherwise, rest on your oars and watch it happen. Have the Russians already digested the lesson that a balance of deterrents produces an equilibrium on the strength of which one can rest one's oars? There is no need and no scope for resting on our oars. The negotiating team decided to rest on their oars and wait until their partners had a chance to consider the offer. Derivatives oared adjective in combination four-oared sculls oarless adjective It is the place where an oarless boat full of refugees from the Holy Land washed ashore not long after Jesus was crucified. Example sentencesExamples His life was spared because his daughter Hypsipyle set him adrift in an oarless boat. Floating in an oarless boat, they eventually arrived at the southern coast of France. Origin Old English ār, of Germanic origin; related to Danish and Norwegian åre. Rhymes abhor, adore, afore, anymore, ashore, awe, bandore, Bangalore, before, boar, Boer, bore, caw, chore, claw, cocksure, comprador, cor, core, corps, craw, Delors, deplore, door, draw, drawer, evermore, explore, flaw, floor, for, forbore, fore, foresaw, forevermore, forswore, four, fourscore, furthermore, Gábor, galore, gnaw, gore, grantor, guarantor, guffaw, hard-core, Haugh, haw, hoar, ignore, implore, Indore, interwar, jaw, Johor, Lahore, law, lessor, lor, lore, macaw, man-o'-war, maw, mirador, mor, more, mortgagor, Mysore, nevermore, nor, obligor, offshore, onshore, open-jaw, or, ore, outdoor, outwore, paw, poor, pore, pour, rapport, raw, roar, saw, scaur, score, senhor, señor, shaw, ship-to-shore, shop-floor, shore, signor, Singapore, snore, soar, softcore, sore, spore, store, straw, swore, Tagore, tau, taw, thaw, Thor, threescore, tor, tore, torr, trapdoor, tug-of-war, two-by-four, underfloor, underscore, war, warrantor, Waugh, whore, withdraw, wore, yaw, yore, your noun.1 phr. Definition of oar in US English: oar nounɔrôr 1A pole with a flat blade, pivoting in an oar lock, used to row or steer a boat through the water. 桨 Example sentencesExamples She saw a small wooden dock, and a wooden rowboat with two oars floating in the water. Sitting high in the water their oars were clearing the waves and the crew looked polished and clean. The eight occupants of the boat take to the oars, pulling hard against the wind and waves. He relates the importance of the thole, which secures the oar to the boat, and notes that towing was the expedition's worst job assignment. Organised by the Gauteng Dragon Boat Association, long boats and oars will be provided for participants who do not have their own team boat. Kaishek failed to notice the concealed motion and came at his opponent with both blades swirling like the oars of a seven man regatta rowing boat. Sailors pushed up and down on the oars like a water pump to manoeuvre the boat. They pull hard at the oars until the boat is abreast of the island, and then they ram the bow against its icy littoral. The ship can be easily steered with just the oars doing all the work when the sail is down. We docked by a port with several other boats in, most of them small rowing boats with oars. The canoe slowed down to a stop and Pierce set the oars back in the boat. Smith got his oar stuck in the water and had to stop rowing with 600 metres to go. As well as traditional rowing oars and sculls, they manufacture oars for surf boat rowing, and transatlantic teams. The fine owner of a lodge at the shoreline was gracious enough to offer an aluminum boat with oars for our use. The starboard oars dipped into the water and were held fast and the great ship slowed and stopped. After dark, we could hear the sound of oars of an approaching dinghy. In his opinion, it is very important to have on board: oars, oarlocks, a boat hook, a good knife, a sounder and the mobile phone. I love being on the water, I love the sound the water makes and the oars on the boat, all of those things. Slowly, she got into the rowing boat, shipped the oars and made her way across to the centre of the river. Each boat contains a crew of two and each crew rows an identical 7.1 metre boat that includes two sliding seats and the same sculling oars as used in standard rowing boats. Synonyms scull, sweep, blade, spoon, spade 1.1 A rower. Example sentencesExamples He is considered by many as the best ‘stroke’ oar in the long history of lightweight rowing at Harvard. The person on the port side all the way aft is the stroke oar, the rower who sets the pace that everyone else must match. The crew suddenly lost their stroke oar to eligibility issues, and Erickson was back to the drawing board to find a line-up. verbɔrôr [with object] Row; propel with or as with oars. 〈北美〉划桨；做划桨动作 oaring the sea like madmen 像一群疯子一样在海上划船。 no object, with adverbial of direction oaring through the weeds Example sentencesExamples In May, foods and prayers are offered to Tin Hau, the goddess of fishermen, and the following month the brightly decorated Dragon Boats are oared swiftly in races through Hong Kong's waters. But everything progressed smoothly and he oared his canopy slow and smooth on the calm river, along with many others, all dreaming to reach the pinnacle of success through self-actualization. The inhabitants of the area have long sailed, poled and oared their way along the delta's vast network of channels, which, in the pre-French era linked them to Southeast Asia's expanding markets. They're oared to the docks where a Guild Estimator boards and examines the cargo, noting its quality and determining the number of lots that will go up for sale. Phrases rest on one's oars Relax one's efforts. Example sentencesExamples So to the boffins who might think otherwise, rest on your oars and watch it happen. Have the Russians already digested the lesson that a balance of deterrents produces an equilibrium on the strength of which one can rest one's oars? There is no need and no scope for resting on our oars. The negotiating team decided to rest on their oars and wait until their partners had a chance to consider the offer. put in one's oar informal Give an opinion without being asked. 〈非正式〉插嘴，插话 Example sentencesExamples Every one else is jumping on the health bandwagon, so I might as well stick my oar in. But the government sticking their oar in is an entirely different matter. Since everyone's speculating, I might as well stick my oar in. Worse still, she's been sticking her oar in with a new staff member - giving her her own special take on the personnel and the running of the department. Will State and Territory governments now put their oar in? Excuse me for sticking my oar in, but for me there can be only one winner of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, which will be announced today. It's rare to see a film these days where the studio hasn't come in and stuck their oar in because they are scared the audience will be shocked or leave unhappy because the good guy died. At this point, the guard, who had been skulking around listening to our conversation, decided to stick his oar in. Until the PC do-gooders stuck their oar in, schools could punish those who needed it. The minister argued that education should be at the centre of political discussion: ‘Everyone is allowed to put his oar in on how to overcome our economic problems. Synonyms butt into, barge into, pry into, nose into, be nosy about, intrude into, intervene in, get involved in, intercede in, encroach on, impinge on, impose oneself on Origin Old English ār, of Germanic origin; related to Danish and Norwegian åre. noun.1 phr.
随便看	take thought take thought take throw down the gauntlet take time take time by the forelock take time by the forelock take time off take time out take to take to take to be take to bed take to bits take to court take to court for take to each other take to extremes take to heart take to heels take to law take to like a duck to water take to mean weathering weatherisation weatherise