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dinghy

noun
🔊/ˈdɪŋi/, 🔊/ˈdɪŋɡi/
🔊/ˈdɪŋi/, 🔊/ˈdɪŋɡi/
(plural dinghies)
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  1. a small open boat that you sail or row小艇；敞篷小船；小舢板
    • a sailing dinghy小帆船
    • I sailed the dinghy across the bay.我驾着小艇驶过海湾。
    • She rowed ashore in the dinghy.她划着小舢板到了岸边。
    compare yachtTopics Transport by waterc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • inflatable
    • rubber
    • sailing
    • …
    verb + dinghy
    • row
    • sail
    dinghy + noun
    • sailing
    • sailor
    preposition
    • in a/​the dinghy
    • into a/​the dinghy
    See full entry
  2. a small open boat made of plastic or rubber that is filled with air小艇；敞篷小船；小舢板
    • The crew were taken to shore in an inflatable dinghy.全体船员坐充气橡皮筏上了岸。
    see also rubber dinghy
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • inflatable
    • rubber
    • sailing
    • …
    verb + dinghy
    • row
    • sail
    dinghy + noun
    • sailing
    • sailor
    preposition
    • in a/​the dinghy
    • into a/​the dinghy
    See full entry
    3. Word Originearly 19th cent. (denoting a rowing boat used on rivers in India): from Hindi ḍiṅgī. The -gh in English serves to indicate the hard g.