skiff

[EE. UU.]/skɪf/
[Reino Unido]/skɪf/
Frecuencia: Muy alto

Traducción

n. un pequeño barco; un pequeño velero; un pequeño barco motorizado
Word Forms
Pluralskiffs

Oraciones de ejemplo

May I have the use of your skiff?

¿Puedo usar tu bote?

Pretty soon I found a man out in the river with a skiff, setting a trotline.

Pronto encontré a un hombre en el río con un bote, colocando una línea de espera.

The fisherman rowed his skiff out to sea.

El pescador remó en su bote hacia el mar.

They went fishing in a small skiff on the lake.

Fueron a pescar en un pequeño bote en el lago.

The skiff gently glided across the calm water.

El bote se deslizó suavemente sobre el agua tranquila.

He repaired the leak in the skiff before setting out to fish.

Reparó la fuga en el bote antes de salir a pescar.

She used a skiff to explore the hidden coves along the coastline.

Usó un bote para explorar las calas escondidas a lo largo de la costa.

The skiff was equipped with oars for rowing.

El bote estaba equipado con remos para remar.

They rented a skiff for a leisurely afternoon on the river.

Alquilaron un bote para una tarde relajada en el río.

The skiff bobbed up and down with the waves.

El bote se balanceaba hacia arriba y hacia abajo con las olas.

He stored his fishing gear in the skiff for easy access.

Guardó su equipo de pesca en el bote para facilitar el acceso.

The skiff was painted a bright red color.

El bote estaba pintado de un color rojo brillante.

Ejemplos del mundo real

Six years ago, the fish ecologist Rodney Rountree was on a skiff in the Peruvian Amazon.

Fuente: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American June 2019 Compilation

Several small punts and skiffs were lying about in the water and on the edge of the wharf.

Fuente: The Sign of the Four

The skiff was launched to sea.

Fuente: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

In that event I'll try to get hold of the skiff.

Fuente: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

A few strokes of the oar brought the skiff to the sand, where it ran aground.

Fuente: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

He settled the sack around his shoulders and put the skiff on her course.

Fuente: The Old Man and the Sea

They were headed straight for the skiff swimming side by side.

Fuente: The Old Man and the Sea

The skiff was aground ten fathoms away from us.

Fuente: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

He clubbed at heads and heard the jaws chop and the shaking of the skiff as they took hold below.

Fuente: The Old Man and the Sea

" The ocean is very big and a skiff is small and hard to see, " the old man said.

Fuente: The Old Man and the Sea

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