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houseboat

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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house·boat /ˈhaʊsbəʊt $ -boʊt/ noun [countable]  TTWa river boat that you can live in 船屋
Examples from the Corpus
houseboatI think you really live in a houseboat with the seasons more than up the hill.We talked as we walked the beach and peeked at the funky houseboats along the waterfront.His houseboat was anchored overnight in a cove at Lake Shasta.Hundreds of houseboats, which once sustained over 350,000 people, lie deserted along the picturesque Dal Lake.The contractor also removed the second story of a sunken houseboat and barged it to shore.Elliott's predicament was watched with some interest from the houseboat Duende.The money he had stolen from the gravel pits reposed under his bunk in the houseboat.
house·boat nounChineseSyllable
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houseboat
houseboat /ˈhaʊsbəʊt $ -boʊt/ noun [countable]
a river boat that you can live in
     
THESAURUS
■ types of boat
    yacht a large boat with a sail, used for pleasure or sport
    sailing boat British English, sailboat American English a boat that uses one or more sails
    rowing boat British English, rowboat American English a small boat that you move through the water with oars
    dinghy a small open boat used for pleasure, or for taking people between a ship and the shore
    catamaran a sailing boat with two separate hulls (=the part that goes in the water)
    trimaran a sailing boat with three separate HULLSs
    barge a large low boat with a flat bottom, used for carrying heavy goods on a canal or river
    canal boat (also narrow boat British English) a boat that you use on canals
    canoe a long light boat that is open at the top and pointed at both ends, which you move along using a paddle. Canoes are for one to three people
    kayak a light boat for one or two people, that is pointed at both ends and covered on top. A kayak has round holes on top in which the people sit, and you move it along using a paddle.
    punt a long thin boat with a flat bottom that you move by pushing a long pole against the bottom of the river – used for pleasure
    houseboat a boat that is specially made so that you can live on it
    pleasure boat a small boat, for example a sailing boat or a rowing boat, that people use on a lake, river etc: People were out on the lake in pleasure boats.
    ⇨ ship


house·boatBrE /ˈhaʊsbəʊt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhaʊsboʊt/ 🔊 noun
a boat that people can live in, usually kept at a particular place on a river or canal 供居住的船;水上住宅