0 a boat or ship for taking passengers and often vehicles across an area of water, especially as a regular service -- （尤指定期的）渡船，轮渡
We took the ferry to Calais. 我们乘渡船去了加来。
We're going to the Channel Islands by/on the ferry. 我们将坐渡船去海峡群岛。
a car ferry 汽车渡轮
1 to transport people or goods in a vehicle, especially regularly and often -- （尤指定期）渡运；运送
The ferries accordingly provide a valuable amenity to the inhabitants of the borough.
There is a great deal of sentiment attached to the ferries.
He said that on direct bus operations the loss was £9 million and that the bus companies lost £1·1 million on the ferries.
I believe that the ferries are nonpolitical, indeed apolitical.
The ferries are, in effect, the only surface crossings available to the ordinary person.
We are told that no decision has been made whether to discontinue the ferries.
First, it said that new and smaller ferries could operate satisfactorily from existing landing stages.
He said that there was a future for the ferries but not as part of our transportation system.
