| 词汇 | ferrying |
| 释义 | ferrying present participle offerry ferry verb[ Tusually+ adv/prep ] uk /ˈfer.i/ us /ˈfer.i/ to transport people or goods in a vehicle, especially regularly and often: （尤指定期）渡运；运送 ferry someone/something aroundI spend most of my time ferrying the children around.我大部分时间都用在把孩子们送来送去上了。 Synonyms carry(TRANSPORT) cart drag(PULL) luginformal toteinformal transport(GOODS/PEOPLE) to move someone or something from one place to another carryThese rail cars carry coal. haulHe grew up hauling coal out of the mines six days a week. cartThe suspects were carted away by police. lugI have to lug the shopping in from the car by myself! humpHe humped the mattress up to his third-floor flat by himself. schlepI need to schlep the trash to the curb. On the road: driving & operating road vehicles aquaplaning back someone up biting point boxed in branch off chauffeur drive off gun handle jam pull pull someone up push start range anxiety run away with someone skid speeding steer ton undertaking You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Transferring and transporting objects Examples of ferryingferrying In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. However, his first task was skippering the landing pontoon, ferrying stores from ship to shore. That would more than pay the cost of ferrying such a lorry to the mainland. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not dealing with the ferrying of children to special or denominational schools, which is a standing problem of a different kind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should not overlook this fact: postal service is about more than just ferrying around letters and parcels. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It covers take off, ferrying, payload capacity and many other aspects. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is the further ferrying or transport by road of goods and passengers to areas which are no longer to be served direct. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of those operating these ferries are crofters when they are not ferrying. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For example, the appointments arrangements are still appallingly bad, as are the transport facilities for ferrying patients to and fro. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That leaves only one carrier in reserve and one for ferrying replacement aircraft. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have done excellent work up to now, particularly in car ferrying, in trooping and in freight work, and they have not been badly treated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have been ferrying aircraft, too, bringing them over by air. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In any case, that figure did not include the large sums in sterling which would be needed for purposes of ferrying. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We know that the facilities for the concentration, for the ferrying over, and for the disembarkation of an expeditionary force are now much greater than they formerly were. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I appreciate that, and of course the original scheme could have been equally used for ferrying ore to other ports which would take carriers of only limited size. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They consist of a quite limited number, hundreds not thousands, of men and women who have been ferrying aircraft in many cases since the beginning of the war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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