| 词汇 | dinghy |
| 词源 | dinghy. Small boats carried on larger vessels take the name dinghy from the Hindi dingi, “little boat.” In the late 18th centu- ry British mariners noticed small native rowboats called dingis in Indian waters and brought the word for the boat home with them, changing its spelling a bit. |
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