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canoe

noun
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  1. a light narrow boat that you move along in the water with a paddle划艇；独木舟；小划子
    • We crossed the lake by canoe.我们坐小划子过了湖。
    see also kayakTopics Transport by waterb2, Sports: water sportsb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • dugout
    verb + canoe
    • paddle
    canoe + noun
    • trip
    • paddle
    preposition
    • by canoe
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    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Spanish canoa, from Arawak, from Carib canaoua.

canoe

verb
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 [intransitive]
(often go canoeing)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they canoe
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he / she / it canoes
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past simple canoed
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past participle canoed
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-ing form canoeing
🔊/kəˈnuːɪŋ/
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  1. to travel in a canoe划（或乘）划艇
    • Last summer we went canoeing on the River Wye.去年夏天，我们在怀河上划独木舟。
    • She dreamed of canoeing down the Amazon.她梦想着在亚马逊河上划独木舟。
    Topics Transport by waterb2
    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Spanish canoa, from Arawak, from Carib canaoua.