ferry

フェリー、渡し船

決まった場所の間で、人や車、貨物を定期的に水上輸送する船。

やさしい英語で： A boat that regularly carries people, vehicles, or goods across water between the same places.

• We took a ferry to the island.
• The ferry carries cars as well as passengers.
• Two ferries leave this port every morning.

類義語： ferryboat

よく使う表現： take a ferry, car ferry, passenger ferry, board the ferry

フェリー航路、渡船業

人や貨物を定期的に水上輸送するサービス、またはその運営会社。

やさしい英語で： A regular service carrying people or goods across water, or the company providing it.

• The ferry runs throughout the year.
• They closed the ferry when the bridge opened.
• Who operates the ferry between these villages?

類義語： boat service

よく使う表現： local ferry, ferry service, operate a ferry

渡す、運ぶ

人や物を短い距離、特に船で水の向こう側へ運ぶ。

やさしい英語で： To carry people or things a short distance between places, especially across water in a boat.

• Boats ferry people across the river.
• We were ferried to the island before sunrise.
• The driver ferries guests between the hotel and the beach.

使い方： ferry someone/something across something (Small boats ferry passengers across the river.); ferry someone/something to somewhere (A boat ferries supplies to the island.)

類義語： carry, transport

よく使う表現： ferry passengers, ferry someone across, ferry someone to somewhere

送り迎えする、往復して運ぶ

何度も行き来するなどして、人や物を場所から場所へ運ぶ。

やさしい英語で： To move people or things between places, often by making several trips.

• I ferry the children around every afternoon.
• Waiters ferried plates from the kitchen to the tables.
• We spent hours ferrying boxes between the two buildings.

使い方： ferry someone/something between places (She ferries her children between school and football practice.)

類義語： shuttle, carry, transport

よく使う表現： ferry children around, ferry plates, ferry someone back

運ぶ、輸送する

乗り物を使って、人や物を別の場所へ運ぶ。

やさしい英語で： To take people or things from one place to another in a vehicle.

• Buses ferry workers to the factory.
• Helicopters ferried supplies to the mountain village.
• They used trucks to ferry people to safety.

使い方： ferry someone/something to somewhere (Trucks ferried the families to a shelter.)

類義語： transport, carry, convey

よく使う表現： ferry supplies, ferry someone to somewhere, ferry people