embark
verb🔊/ɪmˈbɑːk/
🔊/ɪmˈbɑːrk/
[intransitive, transitive] (formal)Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they embark | 🔊/ɪmˈbɑːk/ 🔊/ɪmˈbɑːrk/ |
| he / she / it embarks | 🔊/ɪmˈbɑːks/ 🔊/ɪmˈbɑːrks/ |
| past simple embarked | 🔊/ɪmˈbɑːkt/ 🔊/ɪmˈbɑːrkt/ |
| past participle embarked | 🔊/ɪmˈbɑːkt/ 🔊/ɪmˈbɑːrkt/ |
| -ing form embarking | 🔊/ɪmˈbɑːkɪŋ/ 🔊/ɪmˈbɑːrkɪŋ/ |
to get onto a ship or plane; to put somebody/something onto a ship or plane 上船；装船 We stood on the pier and watched as they embarked. 我们站在突码头上目送他们登船。 🔊🔊 - embark somebody/something
They embarked the troops by night. 他们让部队在夜里上了船。 🔊🔊
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by waterc1The invasion force was ready to embark. 侵略军已经准备好登船。 The team embarked for Italy. 那一组人登船前往意大利。 They travelled with him to the coast to watch him embark. 他们和他一起去了海岸，看着他登船。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryEmbark is used with these nouns as the subject:- passenger
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French embarquer, from em- ‘in’ + barque ‘bark, ship’.