canoe
canoe — noun
1. a long, narrow, lightweight boat with sharp ends. To move it, you sit facing for
a long, narrow, lightweight boat with sharp ends. To move it, you sit facing forward and dip the wide, flattened end of a long stick into the water, one side after the other. Unlike a rowboat, a canoe is light enough to carry over land between stretches of water.
The Okonkwo family loaded their canoe with fishing nets before sunrise.
collocation: load a canoe (fill with gear)
A canoe can hold two people comfortably, but a third makes it unsteady.
Leila painted her old canoe bright yellow so other boaters could see it easily.
The wooden canoe drifted silently through the narrow channel between the reeds.
Renting a canoe for the afternoon costs about the same as two movie tickets.
用法筆記
Canoe is a count noun. It is typically contrasted with kayak (enclosed cockpit) and rowboat (oars instead of paddles).
常見錯誤
canoe — verb
1. to travel or move through water in a canoe, using a paddle to push yourself forw
to travel or move through water in a canoe, using a paddle to push yourself forward. This activity can be done on a lake, river, or along a coastline, usually for enjoyment, sport, or transport.
Every Sunday morning the Watanabe family canoes across the lake to visit their grandparents.
intransitive: canoe across [body of water]
The children learned to canoe on the calm river behind their school.
Diego and Ravi canoed down the mountain stream for three hours without stopping.
Leila and her uncle canoed across the misty lake at dawn to reach the island.
Aiko canoed along the coast every summer and knew every hidden beach by name.
文法句型
canoe (no object)
canoe + adverb/preposition phrase
用法筆記
Almost always intransitive. You cannot 'canoe something' as a direct object — you canoe on a river or lake. The rare transitive use ('to canoe supplies downriver') is not taught at A2–B1 level.