Rowboat(名词):划艇,小划船。一种用桨划动的小型船只,通常用于在湖泊、河流或近岸水域中行驶。
/ˈroʊboʊt/
We rented a rowboat and spent the afternoon on the lake.
我们租了一条划艇,在湖上度过了整个下午。
The old fisherman pushed his weathered rowboat into the calm waters at dawn, just as he had done every morning for the past forty years.
老渔夫在黎明时分把他那条饱经风霜的划艇推入平静的水面,就像过去四十年里每天早晨做的那样。
Rowboat 是一个复合词,由 row(划桨)和 boat(船)组合而成。Row 源自古英语 rōwan,意为"用桨划水",可追溯至原始日耳曼语 rōaną。Boat 源自古英语 bāt,指小型船只。这个词直白地描述了一种靠人力划桨驱动的船,在英语中使用已有数百年历史。