• n. 独木舟；轻舟
• vi. 乘独木舟
• vt. 用独木舟运

来自加勒比海地区土著语言。

canoe

canoe: [16] Like cannibal, canoe is a word of Caribbean origin. In the language of the local Carib people it was canaoua, and it passed via Arawakan into Spanish (recorded by Christopher Columbus) as canoa. That was the form in which it first came into English; modern canoe is due to the influence of French canoe. Originally, the word was used for referring to any simple boat used by ‘primitive’ tribes; it was not until the late 18th century that a more settled idea of what we would today recognize as a canoe began to emerge.

canoe (n.)

1550s, originally in a West Indian context, from Spanish canoa, a term used by Columbus, from Arawakan (Haiti) canaoua. Extended to rough-made or dugout boats generally. Early variants in English included cano, canow, canoa, etc., before spelling settled down c. 1600.

canoe (v.)

1842, from canoe (n.). Related: Canoed; canoing.

1. We beached the canoe, running it right up the bank.

我们把独木舟径直划到岸边，并拖上岸。

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2. Let's fingerprint the canoe, see if we come up with anything.

让我们提取一下独木舟上的指纹，看看能不能有什么发现。

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3. We attempted to manoeuvre the canoe closer to him.

我们试图让独木舟靠他更近一些。

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4. His canoe was there, on the river below the rapids.

他的独木舟在险滩下面的河水中。

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5. The canoe found the current and swung around.

独木舟遇上急流后直打转。

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