hoy
hoy — exclamation
1. A shout meant to get someone to notice you, similar to calling 'hey!' or 'ahoy!'
A shout meant to get someone to notice you, similar to calling 'hey!' or 'ahoy!' across a distance or in a busy place.
Hoy! Over here! The captain needs your help with the rope.
exclamation used to call for attention
Tamás cupped his hands and shouted, "Hoy there, is anyone on board?"
"hoy there" as a hailing phrase
The old fisherman cried "Hoy!" to warn the children near the water.
"Hoy! Bring that basket closer so I can see what is inside," said Dario.
用法筆記
Now very old-fashioned in everyday English. Occasionally heard in historical films, nautical fiction, or regional British dialects. The longer form 'ahoy' is more common in modern use, especially as 'ship ahoy!' or 'ahoy there!'.
常見錯誤
hoy — noun
1. a small sailing vessel with a single mast and a simple rig, built to move goods
a small sailing vessel with a single mast and a simple rig, built to move goods along a coastline rather than across an open ocean.
The old hoy carried coal and timber along the coast of Cornwall in the 1800s.
collocation: carry [cargo] along the coast
Fishermen tied their catch to a wooden hoy anchored near the harbour wall.
collocation: wooden hoy
A fleet of small hoys sailed from port to port carrying salt, wine, and cloth.
The maritime museum displays a model of an 18th-century hoy with its single mast.
Christopher read about the hoy that once brought cargo from Bristol to Dublin each week.
用法筆記
Primarily encountered in historical writing about coastal trade, especially British waters (the English Channel, Irish Sea). The hoy was a workhorse vessel before railways took over goods transport. Do not confuse with 'sloop', which is usually smaller and often built for speed.
常見錯誤
2. a large flat-bottomed boat without its own engine or sails, designed to carry he
a large flat-bottomed boat without its own engine or sails, designed to carry heavy loads such as coal, grain, or bricks through canals and inland waterways.
Workers used ropes to pull the laden hoy slowly along the narrow canal.
passive: pulled along the canal with ropes
Each hoy carried nearly twenty tons of coal from the mine to the city factories.
collocation: carried [quantity] of [cargo]
The heavy hoy moved through the lock with just inches to spare on each side.
Grain from the surrounding farms was loaded onto a hoy for transport to the mill.
Sumin watched the flat hoy glide past the village, piled high with bricks and timber.
- barge
the modern and general term; 'hoy' is now an archaic or historical label
- flatboat
descriptive term emphasising the flat bottom
- canal boat
general term for any vessel used on canals
用法筆記
Technically distinct from the sailing hoy (sense 1). This type had no means of self-propulsion and was moved by horses or people walking alongside the canal bank, or later by tugboats. In modern contexts, 'barge' is the usual word.