English Dictionary

canoe

IPA（発音記号）

/kəˈnuː/

名詞

俗語

A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends.

日本語の意味

小型で細長い舟。通常、人力で一枚櫂を用いて推進し、乗る際には着座または膝をつく。上部は開放され、両端が尖っている造りとなる。

At sunrise, we loaded our gear into the canoe and drifted silently across the glassy lake.

日の出に、私たちは荷物をカヌーに積み込み、鏡のように静かな湖面を静かに漂った。

意味（1）

A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends.

He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous,[…].

意味（2）

(slang) An oversize, usually older, luxury car.

意味（3）

(gambling) Any of the deflectors positioned around a roulette wheel, shaped like upside-down boats.

canoes （ plural ）