🇬🇧🇨🇳 oar - 桨 : English Lesson

Meaning of "oar" ("桨"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

An oar is a long, sturdy stick with a wide, flat end that you hold in your hands and push through the water to move a boat forward, backward, or turn it, almost like a spoon for stirring the whole lake.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

Our oar got stuck in the mud, and for a moment we were proudly rowing the entire lake bottom.

The oar worked so hard rowing us across the pond that I felt like I should tip it at the end of the ride.

I tried to high-five the water with the oar, but the water slapped back and soaked my pants.

I waved the oar in the air like a sword and the boat slowly floated away without me.

Before engines were invented, boats were moved by human-powered oars, basically turning people into the original boat motors.

She sat in a thin boat, one oar across her knees and the other oar on the floor. A gust tipped the oar into the water; she lunged, cold hand closing on the oar, hauled it aboard, then rowed, each oar cutting the water toward the quiet shore, laughing with wet relief.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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