barge: [13] Barge comes in the first instance from Old French barge, but speculation has pushed it further back to medieval Latin *barica, which would have derived from báris, a Greek word for an Egyptian boat. This hypothetical *barica would have been a by-form of late Latin barca, which came into English via Old French as barque, also spelled bark, ‘sailing vessel’ [15] (source of embark). The metaphorical use of the verb barge, ‘move clumsily or rudely’, is barely a hundred years old; it comes from the ponderous progress made by barges. => bark, barque, embark
barge (n.)
c. 1300, "small seagoing vessel with sails," from Old French barge, Old Provençal barca, from Medieval Latin barga, perhaps from Celtic, or perhaps from Latin *barica, from Greek baris "Egyptian boat," from Coptic bari "small boat." Meaning "flat-bottomed freight boat" dates from late 15c.
barge (v.)
"to journey by barge," 1590s, from barge (n.). The form barge into and the sense "crash heavily into," in reference to the rough handling of barges, dates from 1830s, American English. Related: Barged; barging.
实用例句
1. A barge was about a hundred yards away, waiting to return seaward.
一艘驳船停在大约100码开外，等待着返海回航。
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2. She had moored her barge on the right bank of the river.
她把驳船停泊在河右岸。
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3. He would barge into them and kick them in the shins.
他会向他们冲过去，踹他们的小腿肚子。
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4. When the barge reached the shrine, acolytes removed the pall.
当驳船抵达圣地时，辅祭除去了柩衣。
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5. At the crucial moment, the barge would not go astern.
