dory

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do·ry /ˈdɔːri/ noun (plural dories)  1. [countable]TTW a rowing boat that has a flat bottom and is used for fishing 平底小渔船2. [countable, uncountable]HBFDFF a flat sea fish that can be eaten, or the flesh of this fish 海鲂；海鲂肉

Examples from the Corpus

dory• Ezra strode hard over the growing space between dory and raft and tumbled in.• Empty dories scuffled around the raft with their oars crossed.• Jesse Johnson hopped out of his dory and put himself be-tween the pile of bodies and the wharf.• How hunky dory she kept it all.• He held off the photographers with his eyes while feeling in the dory for his gaffing hook.• He stepped into the dory and he and Sinnett rowed off.• He saw the dories coming in and the men heading for the coffee shop underneath the fish house.• Dove destroyed him for what happened out there with those dories.Origin dory (1700-1800) Miskito dóri

do·ry nounChineseSyllable  

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dory
do‧ry /ˈdɔːri/ noun (plural dories)1. [countable] a rowing boat that has a flat bottom and is used for fishing
2. [uncountable and countable] a flat sea fish that can be eaten, or the flesh of this fish

doryBrE /ˈdɔːri/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdɔːri/ 🔊 noun (

plural

dories) a narrow fish that has a deep body and that can open its mouth very wide 海鲂