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Definition of canoe in English:

canoe

nounPlural canoes kəˈnuːkəˈnu
  • A light, narrow boat with pointed ends and no keel, propelled with a paddle or paddles.

    小划子;独木舟

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Dragon boats are long, elaborately decorated canoes with a dragon head and tail.
    • Tongans were fierce warriors and skilled navigators whose outrigger canoes could carry up to two hundred people.
    • On both lakes you can rent rowing boats and Canadian canoes, and spend the day on the water, fishing.
    • Most of the vessels in the area are canoes and powered banana boats used for fishing and ferrying people.
    • The Pemon also make wooden dugout and bark canoes, paddles, and bows, and they weave hammocks and baby carriers.
    • For the energetic, pedal boats, rowing boats, canoes and rafts, will be available for hire throughout the weekend.
    • There are to be no restrictions at all to ensure that premier salmon rivers like the Tay, so vital to the rural economy, are not disrupted by canoes and river rafts.
    • Their boats are outrigger canoes, and outboard engines are not allowed.
    • Hundreds of people headed for the annual event, either taking to canoes or sailing boats or enjoying a range of activities, including a craft fair and a farmers' market.
    • Over 60 volunteers braved the flood waters in canoes, boats and vessels of all shapes and sizes as the search continued yesterday.
    • It was so big that Newman had to use a canoe paddle from his river boat to stir it.
    • Instruction is given in the use of kayaks, two-seater canoes and motor boats.
    • The oldest such finds, including wooden canoes and paddles, come from northern Europe and date to at most 9,000 years ago.
    • I watch rice being planted, traditional canoes paddled in peacoloured swamps and monks in saffron robes walking along red dirt roads.
    • You can hike through the forest or along deserted beaches, or potter about in small boats or canoes.
    • Tourists paddle canoes and kayaks, swim and pursue elusive trout in these waters.
    • Early applications of aluminum were mainly in canoes and small fishing boats, in which aluminum is now the dominant material.
    • Ships from London had to be unloaded and the trade goods and supplies stored in warehouses at the ports or directly loaded into canoes and boats for shipment to posts.
    • Further, a kayak has a rudder, making it easier to steer the boat, while a canoe does not.
    • More fatalities occurred on canoes and kayaks than on personal watercraft, but the highest number occurred on open motorboats.
    Synonyms
    kayak, dugout, outrigger
    in Alaska bidarka
    in Central America pirogue
    in New Zealand waka
verbcanoeing, canoed, canoes kəˈnuːkəˈnu
  • no object, with adverbial of direction Travel in or paddle a canoe.

    乘独木舟;划独木舟

    he had once canoed down the Nile

    他曾划着独木舟顺尼罗河而下。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Six years ago I went on an Outward Bound trip in which I hiked 10-20 miles a day, whitewater canoed for two days, then carried my canoe out of the gorge on my back and ran a 10k.
    • The Ivory Billed Woodpecker lives on, found by a man canoeing alone in the backwaters.
    • We've canoed on flooded rivers, but nothing like that.
    • Claims that Puerto Rican protesters planned to canoe out to hinder firings proved unfounded.
    • If you've never canoed and camped in Minnesota's Boundary Waters, or on the Canadian side, in the Quetico region, you don't know what a beautiful week we shall be having.
    • In Ramakrishapur village, we met three Onge men who had canoed to the settlement to buy fishhooks and a knife for cutting branches in the forests.
    • Joe Creek, which spills into the Pacific here, is a wonderful spot to canoe or kayak.
    • He cycled, canoed or walked from one Munro to the next, covering 1,639 miles and wearing out three pairs of boots.
    • Also, the River Chasm crossed my path, and I canoed on that until the tributary ended in Coulombe.
    • Since then, traveling with several different partners, I've cycled and canoed through Canada and Alaska, rowed the Bering Sea, and trekked, skied, and biked 14,000 miles across Eurasia.
    • I hesitate to say that we canoed, however, because that implies we exerted ourselves by paddling our boats down the river.
    • Mark Whittaker, 38, of Hazel Grove, Clayton-le-Moors, canoed through the Amazon rainforest two years ago to raise money for the National Deaf Children's Society.
    • I have canoed, fished, sailed and more recently I have become qualified in powerboats.
    • We canoed across the lake, through the water reeds which the Finns make into small pipes.
    • By the time they made it home, he and the rest of the party had walked 800 km, canoed 70 km and ridden almost 100 km on horseback.
    • From dawn to dusk they ran, swam, canoed and cycled around North Yorkshire in a trial of stamina and skill.
    • My first activity of the day was to run the Eucalyptus trail twice round as the staff canoed to work and parked their dugout canoes in the reeds.
    • He and his commandos had already struck a blow for Britain in September 1943 with Operation Jaywick, when they canoed into Singapore harbour and sank seven ships.
    • I have swum in, canoed, windsurfed and sailed on the lake for many years and the biggest hassle for me has never been fast and noisy speedboats.
    • I first went wilderness canoeing with my grandfather at age four and have paddled thousands of miles since, including the length of the Mississippi.

Derivatives

  • canoeist

  • noun kəˈnuːɪstkəˈnuəst
    • Krait successfully rendezvoused with the six canoeists and despite some anxious moments when she was shadowed by a Japanese destroyer near Lombok Strait returned safely to Exmouth Gulf in early October.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But he managed to right the dinghy and get ashore to rescue the canoeists and bring them back on board the lifeboat.
      • The festival is open to kayakers and canoeists of all levels, and this year organizers have added an intermediate class to boost participation.
      • This project demonstrates the feasibility of a GPS data based training tool for canoeists and kayakers.
      • For years, kayakers and canoeists along the Hudson River near the old industrial town of Newburgh, 60 miles north of New York City, wondered about the oily stuff that occasionally coated their oars.
  • canoer

  • noun
    • Each canoer had to carve their own from the wood of their choice.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Trips leave from Fort Smith, NWT, and are guided by veteran canoer and wildlife biologist Alex Hall.
      • I talked to the canoer and he said he thought part of the problem was finding a good spot to put your boat in on the river, given the steep banks.
      • There's the average canoer that likes a combo of gentle river and flat water, and then there's the hard-core whitewater canoer.
      • This year in Sydney, Hearn, a whitewater canoer, plans to make his mark.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Spanish canoa, from Arawak, from Carib canaoua.

Rhymes

accrue, adieu, ado, anew, Anjou, aperçu, askew, ballyhoo, bamboo, bedew, bestrew, billet-doux, blew, blue, boo, boohoo, brew, buckaroo, chew, clew, clou, clue, cock-a-doodle-doo, cockatoo, construe, coo, Corfu, coup, crew, Crewe, cru, cue, déjà vu, derring-do, dew, didgeridoo, do, drew, due, endue, ensue, eschew, feu, few, flew, flu, flue, foreknew, glue, gnu, goo, grew, halloo, hereto, hew, Hindu, hitherto, how-do-you-do, hue, Hugh, hullabaloo, imbrue, imbue, jackaroo, Jew, kangaroo, Karroo, Kathmandu, kazoo, Kiangsu, knew, Kru, K2, kung fu, Lahu, Lanzhou, Lao-tzu, lasso, lieu, loo, Lou, Manchu, mangetout, mew, misconstrue, miscue, moo, moue, mu, nardoo, new, non-U, nu, ooh, outdo, outflew, outgrew, peekaboo, Peru, pew, plew, Poitou, pooh, pooh-pooh, potoroo, pursue, queue, revue, roo, roux, rue, Selous, set-to, shampoo, shih-tzu, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skean dhu, skew, skidoo, slew, smew, snafu, sou, spew, sprue, stew, strew, subdue, sue, switcheroo, taboo, tattoo, thereto, thew, threw, thro, through, thru, tickety-boo, Timbuktu, tiramisu, to, to-do, too, toodle-oo, true, true-blue, tu-whit tu-whoo, two, vendue, view, vindaloo, virtu, wahoo, wallaroo, Waterloo, well-to-do, whereto, whew, who, withdrew, woo, Wu, yew, you, zoo

Definition of canoe in US English:

canoe

nounkəˈno͞okəˈnu
  • A narrow, keelless boat with pointed ends, propelled by a paddle or paddles.

    小划子;独木舟

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For the energetic, pedal boats, rowing boats, canoes and rafts, will be available for hire throughout the weekend.
    • Instruction is given in the use of kayaks, two-seater canoes and motor boats.
    • Most of the vessels in the area are canoes and powered banana boats used for fishing and ferrying people.
    • Their boats are outrigger canoes, and outboard engines are not allowed.
    • You can hike through the forest or along deserted beaches, or potter about in small boats or canoes.
    • It was so big that Newman had to use a canoe paddle from his river boat to stir it.
    • I watch rice being planted, traditional canoes paddled in peacoloured swamps and monks in saffron robes walking along red dirt roads.
    • Ships from London had to be unloaded and the trade goods and supplies stored in warehouses at the ports or directly loaded into canoes and boats for shipment to posts.
    • On both lakes you can rent rowing boats and Canadian canoes, and spend the day on the water, fishing.
    • Early applications of aluminum were mainly in canoes and small fishing boats, in which aluminum is now the dominant material.
    • Over 60 volunteers braved the flood waters in canoes, boats and vessels of all shapes and sizes as the search continued yesterday.
    • The Pemon also make wooden dugout and bark canoes, paddles, and bows, and they weave hammocks and baby carriers.
    • Hundreds of people headed for the annual event, either taking to canoes or sailing boats or enjoying a range of activities, including a craft fair and a farmers' market.
    • There are to be no restrictions at all to ensure that premier salmon rivers like the Tay, so vital to the rural economy, are not disrupted by canoes and river rafts.
    • Tongans were fierce warriors and skilled navigators whose outrigger canoes could carry up to two hundred people.
    • Tourists paddle canoes and kayaks, swim and pursue elusive trout in these waters.
    • Dragon boats are long, elaborately decorated canoes with a dragon head and tail.
    • Further, a kayak has a rudder, making it easier to steer the boat, while a canoe does not.
    • The oldest such finds, including wooden canoes and paddles, come from northern Europe and date to at most 9,000 years ago.
    • More fatalities occurred on canoes and kayaks than on personal watercraft, but the highest number occurred on open motorboats.
    Synonyms
    kayak, dugout, outrigger
verbkəˈno͞okəˈnu
  • no object, with adverbial of direction Travel in or paddle a canoe.

    乘独木舟;划独木舟

    he had once canoed down the Nile

    他曾划着独木舟顺尼罗河而下。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I have canoed, fished, sailed and more recently I have become qualified in powerboats.
    • He and his commandos had already struck a blow for Britain in September 1943 with Operation Jaywick, when they canoed into Singapore harbour and sank seven ships.
    • Mark Whittaker, 38, of Hazel Grove, Clayton-le-Moors, canoed through the Amazon rainforest two years ago to raise money for the National Deaf Children's Society.
    • I first went wilderness canoeing with my grandfather at age four and have paddled thousands of miles since, including the length of the Mississippi.
    • I hesitate to say that we canoed, however, because that implies we exerted ourselves by paddling our boats down the river.
    • He cycled, canoed or walked from one Munro to the next, covering 1,639 miles and wearing out three pairs of boots.
    • The Ivory Billed Woodpecker lives on, found by a man canoeing alone in the backwaters.
    • If you've never canoed and camped in Minnesota's Boundary Waters, or on the Canadian side, in the Quetico region, you don't know what a beautiful week we shall be having.
    • Six years ago I went on an Outward Bound trip in which I hiked 10-20 miles a day, whitewater canoed for two days, then carried my canoe out of the gorge on my back and ran a 10k.
    • We've canoed on flooded rivers, but nothing like that.
    • We canoed across the lake, through the water reeds which the Finns make into small pipes.
    • From dawn to dusk they ran, swam, canoed and cycled around North Yorkshire in a trial of stamina and skill.
    • In Ramakrishapur village, we met three Onge men who had canoed to the settlement to buy fishhooks and a knife for cutting branches in the forests.
    • Also, the River Chasm crossed my path, and I canoed on that until the tributary ended in Coulombe.
    • I have swum in, canoed, windsurfed and sailed on the lake for many years and the biggest hassle for me has never been fast and noisy speedboats.
    • Claims that Puerto Rican protesters planned to canoe out to hinder firings proved unfounded.
    • Since then, traveling with several different partners, I've cycled and canoed through Canada and Alaska, rowed the Bering Sea, and trekked, skied, and biked 14,000 miles across Eurasia.
    • My first activity of the day was to run the Eucalyptus trail twice round as the staff canoed to work and parked their dugout canoes in the reeds.
    • Joe Creek, which spills into the Pacific here, is a wonderful spot to canoe or kayak.
    • By the time they made it home, he and the rest of the party had walked 800 km, canoed 70 km and ridden almost 100 km on horseback.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Spanish canoa, from Arawak, from Carib canaoua.

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