詞彙精選：canoe的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
獨木舟，輕舟
例句：
As you hurl the rock, the canoe moves forward.
當你扔石塊時，小船會向前遊動。
例句：
He paddles his own canoe.
他自己劃獨木舟。
v.
用獨木舟運送 [T]
例句：
Their baggage was canoed across the river.
他們的行李用獨木舟運過河去。
例句：
Munitions were canoed across the river.
軍火用獨木舟搬運過河。
劃（乘）獨木舟 [I]
例句：
They were canoeing in the river.
他們在河中劃獨木舟。
例句：
They canoed across the lake.
他們乘輕舟穿過湖面。
二、詞義辨析：
boat,ship,canoe,steamer,vessel,craft
這些名詞均含有“船”之意。boat泛指任何大小的船隻，尤指靠划槳或風帆行進的無篷小船。ship含義廣，一般指大輪船，如航海船隻，內河航運船隻。canoe指長而輕，用槳的小舟、獨木船。steamer指靠蒸汽發動機爲動力的船隻。vessel多指運貨或運人的大船。craft船隻的集合名詞，但可指單獨的船隻。
三、相關短語：
canoe birch
紙皮樺
canoe cedar
大側柏
四、參考例句：
Paddle your own canoe.
〔諺〕自力更生，自食其力。
He paddled the canoe handily.
他十分熟練地用槳劃獨木舟。
A canoe is a ticklish craft.
獨木舟是不穩當的船。
A canoe will sometimes tip over quickly.
獨木舟有時一下子會翻掉。
We paddled the canoe slowly upstream.
我們慢慢地划着獨木舟逆流而上。
The canoe was sucked into the whirlpool.
那獨木舟捲進漩渦裏了。
As you hurl the rock, the canoe moves forward.
當你扔石塊時，小船會向前遊動。
The canoe found the current and swung around.
獨木舟遇上了急流，開始打轉。
He hewed a canoe out of a tree trunk.
他把一根樹幹鑿成獨木舟。
We beached the canoe, running it right up the bank.
我們把獨木舟徑直划到岸邊，並拖上岸。
