barge
barge — 動詞
1. to move quickly into a room, building, or crowd by knocking against people or ob
硬闖；亂擠
粗魯地推擠著進入或穿越某處
to move quickly into a room, building, or crowd by knocking against people or objects, showing no regard for politeness or for those around you.
Saoirse barged through the crowded subway car without saying excuse me.
Saoirse 沒說一聲「借過」就硬闖過擁擠的地鐵車廂。
barge + through + place; rude movement
Two reporters barged into the courtroom before the judge had finished speaking.
兩名記者在法官還沒講完話時就硬闖進法庭。
barge + into + place
The angry customer barged past the security guard at the front desk.
那名憤怒的顧客一把推開前台的警衛，硬是衝了過去。
Don't barge ahead in the queue — there are people waiting before you.
別在排隊時往前硬擠，前面還有很多人在等。
Sami was furious when her brother barged across the kitchen and knocked over her cake.
看到弟弟橫衝直撞地穿過廚房、把蛋糕撞翻在地，Sami 氣壞了。
- tiptoe
to move quietly and carefully, the opposite of barging
文法句型
barge + into/through/past/across + place
barge + adverb (in, out, ahead)
用法筆記
Almost always followed by a directional preposition or adverb (into, through, past, in, out, ahead). The subject is normally a person, and the action carries a strong negative judgement of rudeness or impatience.
常見錯誤
2. to move heavy goods such as coal, gravel, or timber from one place to another us
用駁船運送
以平底船在內河或運河上運貨
to move heavy goods such as coal, gravel, or timber from one place to another using a flat-bottomed canal or river boat.
Coal was barged down the Thames to power stations on the southern coast.
煤炭從泰晤士河用駁船運往南岸的發電廠。
passive: be barged + down + waterway
The company barges sand and gravel from the quarry to the building site every Tuesday.
公司每週二都會用駁船把砂石從採石場運到工地。
barge + cargo + from/to
Workers used to barge timber along the canal before the railway was built.
在鐵路興建之前，工人習慣用駁船沿著運河運送木材。
Heavy steel beams were barged up the river to the new bridge site.
笨重的鋼樑用駁船沿河送到新橋的施工地點。
文法句型
barge + something + along/down/up + waterway
用法筆記
Frequently used in the passive (be barged from/to/down/up). The object is almost always bulk cargo — coal, sand, gravel, timber, grain — rather than people or fragile items.
常見錯誤
barge — 名詞
1. a long, flat-based boat that floats low in the water and is built to move heavy
駁船；貨船
在江河運河上運送大宗貨物的平底船
a long, flat-based boat that floats low in the water and is built to move heavy items, such as coal, sand, or shipping containers, along rivers and canals.
A rusty barge loaded with coal moved slowly down the Mississippi River.
一艘鏽跡斑斑、滿載煤炭的駁船在密西西比河上緩緩順流而下。
barge + loaded with + cargo
The tugboat pulled three large barges full of sand toward the harbour.
拖船拉著三艘載滿砂石的大型駁船朝港口前進。
barge + full of + bulk cargo
From the bridge, Noa watched a barge carrying steel pipes pass below.
Noa 從橋上看著一艘載著鋼管的駁船從橋下經過。
Workers spent six hours unloading wooden crates from the wide flat barge.
工人花了六個小時，才把寬大平底的駁船上的木箱卸完。
文法句型
a barge of/full of + cargo
barge carrying + cargo
用法筆記
Subject or object is typically tied to bulk freight (coal, sand, gravel, oil, containers). A barge usually has no engine of its own and is pushed or pulled by a tug.
常見錯誤
2. a long, slim boat designed for narrow canals that people use as a holiday vessel
運河船
可供居住或度假用的長型運河船
a long, slim boat designed for narrow canals that people use as a holiday vessel or as a permanent floating home.
The Hayes family spent two summer weeks cruising the canals of France on a painted barge.
Hayes 一家人在一艘彩繪駁船上度過了兩週的暑假，沿著法國運河巡遊。
barge as holiday vessel
Emma and her partner sold their flat in Oxford and now live on a colourful barge.
Emma 和伴侶賣掉牛津的公寓，現在住在一艘色彩繽紛的運河船上。
live on + a barge (residential use)
You can rent a small barge in Birmingham and steer it along the canal yourself.
你可以在 Birmingham 租一艘小駁船，自己沿著運河駕駛。
The retired teacher served tea on the deck of his narrow wooden barge.
那位退休老師在他狹長的木造運河船甲板上端出了茶。
- narrowboat
British English; the standard word for a long, thin canal boat
- houseboat
any boat used as a home, not necessarily long or narrow
文法句型
live on/aboard a barge
rent + a barge
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this sense is about leisure or living, not freight. Often called a 'narrowboat' in British English. Common with verbs like 'live on', 'sleep on', 'cruise', 'rent', and 'moor'.