| 词汇 | flatboat |
| 释义 | flatboat noun[ C ] uk /ˈflæt.bəʊt/ us /ˈflæt.boʊt/ a boat with a flat bottom and square ends for transporting things or people along rivers: 平底船 He had come down the Ohio river in a flatboat.他乘坐平底船顺俄亥俄河下行。 Bettmann/GettyImages Flatboats were constructed to haul produce downstream, such as whiskey, chickens, or corn. A flatboat required a crew of five to 20 men to steer it and guide it. Abraham Lincoln took a flatboat down the Mississippi in 1828. River transport by rafts or flatboats was considered to be difficult, hazardous, and costly. Boats & sailing craft amphibious buoy cabin cruiser canoe coracle cutter dhow dinghy dragon boat houseboat inflatable kayak ketch longboat punt rubber dinghy sloop surfboat tall ship water taxi Examples of flatboatflatboat Then they began their trip by flatboat and steamer in 1836. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The steamboat also changed the nature of flatboat crews, making them more professional and more skilled. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Early on, the river became an important industrial shipping route, with lead, iron, and timber being sent downstream by flatboat and shallow-draft steamboat. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A flatboat is almost always a one-way vessel, and is usually dismantled for lumber when it reaches its downstream destination. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The flatboat trade before the war of 1812 was less organized and less professional than the later flatboat trade. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Logging and flatboat construction were the initial chief industries. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He had previously descended both rivers in a flatboat to obtain information. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The flatboat was the cheapest mode of transportation for settlers and was mainly used for shorter one-way trips to their homes and then eventually broken down and used for lumber. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Rather than use locks, the canal was built with an unusual inclined plane to transport 20ft m by 60ft m flatboats over the falls. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A pier was built to accommodate flatboats and barges that could make it up the shallow slough. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The whaleboat was faster on the water, and was about a mile (1.6 km) ahead of the flatboats when it reached the ambush site. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He eventually owned several flatboats of his own. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The block house (small forts) construction material were more often moved on rafts called flatboats. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The river in front of the city was filled with steamboats, flatboats, and sailing ships. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The mill provided locals with flour ground from corn and wheat that was grown locally and shipped up the stream on flatboats. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of flatboat 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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