skiffs
n.
小艇，小型帆船( skiff的名词复数 );
摩托小快艇;
例句:
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As twilight drew on, the ferryboat went back to her accustomed business and the skiffs disappeared.
天色向晚, 渡船又回到镇口摆渡去了,其余的小船也不见了.
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They shoot by like skiffs of reed, like an eagle swooping upon its prey.
急急驶过,似芦苇船, 如骤降攫食的鹰.
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There was no answer save the swishing of the water round the skiffs.
没有回答,只有船边澎湃的涛声.
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The skiffs were later sunk and the pirates' weapons confiscated.
来自THETIMES
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He says oncoming pirate boats, called skiffs, can come in incredibly fast but that his team has a system of graduated response.
来自BBC
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I look through the binoculars and see two wooden dhows and two fast skiffs cutting a course between our bow and the ship ahead.
来自BBC