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coracle

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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cor·a·cle /ˈkɒrəkəl $ ˈkɔː-, ˈkɑː-/ noun [countable]  TTWa small round boat that you move with a paddle 科拉科尔小舟
Examples from the Corpus
coracleWe must hide until it is dark, and then I will steal a coracle and row you to the Drowned Forest.That's Tony going round in his coracle again.The coracle dates back more than two thousand years - now it's being revived by a Gloucestershire boat-builder.Tim looked at old pictures of the River Wye coracles to work out how to build them.
Origin coracle (1500-1600) Welsh corwgl
cor·a·cle nounChineseSyllable
that you with a move round boat small a Corpus


coracle
coracle /ˈkɒrəkəl $ ˈkɔː-, ˈkɑː-/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Welsh
 Origin: corwgl
a small round boat that you move with a paddle


cor·acleBrE /ˈkɒrəkl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkɔːrəkl/ 🔊, /ˈkɑːrəkl/ 🔊 nouna small round boat with a wooden frame, used in Wales and Ireland 科拉科尔小艇(威尔士和爱尔兰用的木结构圆形小船)