narrow boat
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈnarrow ˌboat noun [countable] British English TTWa long narrow boat for use on canals 〔运河中的〕狭长小船
Examples from the Corpus
narrow boat• The thought of a day, let alone months, spent on board a narrow boat would fill her with horror.• Above: The elaborately decorated cabin of a narrow boat.• She hadn't known, when she agreed to Caro's suggestion, that her friend lived on a narrow boat.• Fen's words about narrow boat life not being all glamour returned to mock her.• Don't get me wrong - I love narrow boat life.• The wind howled dolefully, making the narrow boat sway and rock at her moorings.• Even so, Robbie breathed more easily once she had put the length of the narrow boat between them.ˈnarrow ˌboat nounChineseSyllable
Corpus for use narrow on long a boat canals
