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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- inflatable
- rubber
- sailing
- …
- row
- sail
- sailing
- sailor
- in a/the dinghy
- into a/the dinghy
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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- inflatable
- rubber
- sailing
- …
- row
- sail
- sailing
- sailor
- in a/the dinghy
- into a/the dinghy
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.