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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4590 COCA: 6492

ferry

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
1 ferry /ˈferi/ verb
ferries; ferried; ferrying
1 ferry
/ˈferi/
verb
ferries; ferried; ferrying
Learner's definition of FERRY
[+ object]
: to carry or move (someone or something) on a vehicle (such as a boat or a car) usually for a short distance between two places渡运,运送(通常为短途)
2 ferry /ˈferi/ noun
plural ferries
2 ferry
/ˈferi/
noun
plural ferries
Learner's definition of FERRY
[count]
: ferryboat
: a place where a ferryboat operates渡口
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4590 COCA: 6492

ferry

1 of 2

verb

fer·​ry ˈfer-ē How to pronounce ferry (audio)
ˈfe-rē
ferried; ferrying

transitive verb

1
a
: to carry by boat over a body of water
b
: to cross by a ferry
2
a
: to convey (as by aircraft or motor vehicle) from one place to another : transport
b
: to fly (an airplane) from the factory or other shipping point to a designated delivery point or from one base to another

intransitive verb

: to cross water in a boat

ferry

2 of 2

noun

plural ferries
1
: a place where persons or things are carried across a body of water (such as a river) in a boat
2
3
: a franchise or right to operate a ferry service across a body of water
4
: an organized service and route for flying airplanes especially across a sea or continent for delivery to the user

Example Sentences

Verb The cars were ferried across the river. They ferry supplies to the island. Noun Ferries to both islands depart daily. You can get there by ferry. We'll meet you at the ferry.
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Roles include loading and unloading aircraft, sorting and scanning bags, and driving the tug vehicles used to ferry luggage around the airfield. Tristan Bove, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2022 This final version of the four-door was favored by high-ranking British government officials, and was used to ferry around four successive prime ministers—Harold Wilson, Edward Heath, James Callaghan and Thatcher. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2022 The Washburn fire started along a trail on the edge of the Mariposa Grove, just downhill from the road used by shuttle buses to ferry tourists from a parking lot. Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2022 The number of visiting gay revelers plummeted, and the straight crowd that used to ferry over for sunset cocktails all but disappeared. New York Times, 22 July 2022 Snowmachines were used to ferry residents around the avalanche to safety. Anchorage Daily News, 28 Mar. 2022 Hemoglobin, a tiny, four-part protein, is used by our red blood cells to ferry oxygen throughout our bodies. Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2022 And then there's Taiwan, which sits to the south in waters used to ferry 90% of Japan oil supplies. Emiko Jozuka And Blake Essig, CNN, 13 Mar. 2022 According to the Times, the base Russia hit on Sunday was being used to ferry weapons sent from international partners to the front and to train foreign fighters. Grayson Quay, The Week, 13 Mar. 2022
Noun
Birmingham International is just over an hour from London Euston by train -- or traveling by rail or ferry. Maureen O'hare, CNN, 12 July 2022 Under the policy, face masks must be worn over the mouth and nose by all travelers on airplanes, ships, trains, subways, buses, taxis and ride-shares and inside airports, bus or ferry terminals, train or subway stations and seaports. Allison Pohle, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2022 Silva pleaded not guilty at his arraignment on Aug. 24 for charges of disorderly conduct related to the ferry incidents and released on personal recognizance, two days before the arrest in Pawtucket. Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2022 Unlike Shafiullah, Safi stood in a parallel queue of porters with wheelbarrows helping ferry recipients’ aid packages to vehicles or homes for 30 afghani, about 34 cents. Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2022 The city has launched a water-equity study and made plans for new kayak launches and an electric ferry. Joanna Daemmrich, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2022 Every weekend during the summer, New Yorkers travel to the Rockaways by subway or ferry to lie like sardines along the vast shoreline. Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 24 Aug. 2022 The ministry said that completion of an improvised bridge over the Dnipro would likely increase the capacity of the crossing point compared with a ferry route that Russian forces and local civilians had been relying on for weeks. Matthew Luxmoore, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2022 Vaccination is not required for U.S. citizens returning to the U.S. by land or ferry, but it is required for foreign nationals. Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English ferien, from Old English ferian to carry, convey; akin to Old English faran to go — more at fare

First Known Use

Verb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Time Traveler
The first known use of ferry was before the 12th century
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4590 COCA: 6492
ferry

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + FERRY | FERRY + VERB | FERRY + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEcar, passenger汽車/乘客渡船cross-Channel (BrE) 橫渡英吉利海峽的渡輪VERB + FERRYget, ride, take, use乘坐渡船;使用渡船wait for等待渡船catch趕上渡船board上渡船drive off, get off駛下渡船;下渡船operate經營渡船FERRY + VERBcarry sb, take sb渡船搭載某人a ferry carrying more than a thousand people一艘載客 1,000 多人的渡輪arrive, come in, dock渡船到達;渡船停靠碼頭We watched the ferry dock.我們看着渡船停靠碼頭。depart, go, leave, sail (BrE) 渡船出發/開行/離開/(揚帆)起航The ferry departs at 8 p.m.這艘渡輪晚上 8 時起航。The last ferry sails at 4 p.m.最後一班渡船下午 4 點開。cross sth渡船橫渡⋯the ferries that cross the Mekong River橫渡湄公河的渡船run渡船運行Ferries run every hour or so.渡船大約每小時開一班。FERRY + NOUNcrossing, journey, ride, trip渡船行程;渡船旅行route渡船路線boat渡船passenger渡船乘客pilot (NAmE) 渡船領航員dock, port, terminal渡船碼頭;渡口line, operator, service渡船公司;輪渡服務PREPOSITIONaboard a/the ferry, on a/the ferry, on board a/the ferry登上渡船;在渡船上the people on the ferry渡船上的人by ferry乘渡船We went by night ferry.我們乘夜班渡船去的。ferry across, ferry over橫渡⋯的渡船We caught the ferry across the river.我們趕上了過河的渡船。ferry between⋯之間的渡船the ferry between Cape Cod and the islands在科德角和群島之間往返的渡船ferry for, ferry to開往⋯的渡船We caught the ferry to Fire Island.我們趕上了開往法爾島的渡船。the ferry for Italy去意大利的渡船ferry from來自⋯的渡船the ferry from Toronto to Rochester從多倫多到羅切斯特的渡船

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