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- a pole with a flat blade, used to row or steer a boat through the water桨。
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- an oarsman; a rower划桨者; 桨手。
with obj.
- N. Amer. 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.拨开草丛向前走。
短语
put（或stick）one's oar in
- informal give an opinion without being asked〈非正式〉插嘴, 插话。
派生词
oarless
adjective词源
Old English ār, of Germanic origin; related to Danish and Norwegian åre.