ferry
US: /ˈfɛɹi/
UK: /fˈɛɹi/
UK: /fˈɛɹi/
English Vietnamese dictionary
ferry /'feri/
- danh từ
- bến phà
- phà
- (pháp lý) quyền chở phà
- ngoại động từ
- chở (phà)
- chuyên chở (hàng, người...) bằng phà; qua (sông...) bằng phà
- (hàng không) lái (máy bay mới) ra sân bay
- nội động từ
- qua sông bằng phà
- đi đi lại lại từ bên này sang bên kia sông (thuyền...)
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
(plural ferries) a boat that carries people, vehicles and goods across a river or across a narrow part of the sea: the cross-channel ferry service + We caught the ferry at Ostend. + the Dover-Calais ferry crossing + the Staten Island ferry
+ verb (ferries, ferrying, ferried, ferried) [usually +adv./prep.] to carry people or goods in a boat or other vehicle from one place to another, often for a short distance and as a regular service: [VN] He offered to ferry us across the river in his boat. + The children need to be ferried to and from school. [also V]
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
cross-channel | night | car, passenger
VERB + FERRY
get, go on, take, travel on, use | wait for | catch | board, drive onto | drive off, get off
FERRY + VERB
carry sb, take sb
a ferry carrying more than a thousand people
| arrive, come in, dock
We watched the ferry dock.
| depart, go, leave, sail
The last ferry sails at 4 p.m.
| cross sth
the ferries that cross the River Mersey
| run
Ferries run every hour or so.
FERRY + NOUN
crossing, journey | route | boat | passenger | port, terminal | line, operator, service
PREP.
aboard/on/on board a/the ~
the people on the ferry
| by ~
We went by night ferry.
| ~ across/over
We caught the ferry across the river.
| ~ between
the ferry between Dundee and Tayport
| ~ for/to
the ferry for Italy
| ~ from
the ferry from Ramsgate to Dunkirk
Concise English dictionary
ferried|ferries|ferrying'ferɪ
noun
+a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule
+transport by boat or aircraft
verb
+transport from one place to another
+transport by ferry
+travel by ferry
