A ferry is a boat that transports passengers and sometimes also vehicles, usually across rivers or short stretches of sea.
例句
They had recrossed the River Gambia by ferry.他们乘渡船再次穿过冈比亚河。
VERB
(通常指定时往返两地间)运送，渡运，摆渡
If a vehicle ferries people or goods, it transports them, usually by means of regular journeys between the same two places.
例句
Every day, a plane arrives to ferry guests to and from Bird Island Lodge...每天，都有架飞机来鸟岛宾馆接送客人。It was still dark when five coaches started to ferry the miners the 140 miles from the Silverhill colliery...天还黑着，就有5辆大巴开始从距银山煤矿 140 英里的地方出发运送矿工。
英汉词典释义
n.
渡船
You can cross the river by ferry.你可以搭渡船过河。
渡口
We waited at the ferry for two hours.我们在渡口等了两个小时。
vt.
渡运, 运送
The airplanes are ferrying motorcars between England and France.飞机在英法之间运送汽车。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule