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wherry n.擺渡船;單人小船;〔英國〕(河上交通運輸用)平底大船...

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They were , says mr stephen , and the end was that the men of the island , seeing no help was toward as the ungrate women were all of one mind , made a wherry raft , loaded themselves and their bundles of chattels on shipboard , set all masts erect , manned the yards , sprang their luff , heaved to , spread three sheets in the wind , put her head between wind and water , weighed anchor , ported her helm , ran up the jolly roger , gave three times three , let the bullgine run , pushed off in their bumboat and put to sea to recover the main of america “此語不差” ,斯蒂芬先生曰, “其結果,本島男子發現負情女子異口同聲,無可救藥。遂建造舟筏,攜家財登船,桅桿盡皆豎起,舉行登舷禮,轉船首向風,頂風停泊,揚起三面帆,在風與水之間挺起船首,起錨,轉舵向左,海盜旗迎風飄揚,三呼萬歲,每次三遍,開動艙底污水泵,離開兜售雜物之小舟,駛至海面上,航往美洲大陸。 ”

I came to the bar, and paid my reckoning, telling my landlady i had gotten my passage by sea in a wherry . 我跑到柜上,付了店錢,告訴女掌柜我在一艘小艇上已經定了艙位。

These wherries are large vessels, with good accommodation for carrying passengers from harwich to london . 這些小艇很寬敞,設備也很好,專從哈立治送乘客到倫敦去。