For millennia, the inhabitants of Scandinavia had used these canoes for transportation.

数千年来，斯堪纳维亚居民一直使用这些独木舟来运输。

There were no trees to build canoes.

因为已无树木用来做独木舟。

Standing by was a flotilla of carved war canoes.

一旁是一支雕刻争独木舟船队。

Yeah, and you've got half a canoe in our living room.

是啊 你做了半个独木舟还在我们家客厅里呢。

Alway put the oar atop the canoe.

总是把浆放在独木舟上。

Observers would later liken the scene to " a royal galleon fending off a few canoes."

观察员后来将现场比作“抵御数只独木舟皇家帆船”。

Now some twenty dugout canoes were surrounding the Nautilus.

这时，有二十多只独木舟正围绕着诺第留斯号。

There, I left the canoe and went on foot.

我把独木舟留在那儿，步行前往。

They learned how to handle a canoe. They learned to swim.

他们学习怎样怎么划独木舟。他们学习游泳。

I took Friday to the other side of the island and showed him my big canoe.

我把星到岛另一边，向他展示我庞大独木舟。

Still, the Polynesians may have discovered it over 1,200 years ago in canoes.

尽管如此，波利尼西亚人可能在 1200 多年前就已经乘坐独木舟发现了它。

Applegate had no business taking a canoe out alone.

阿普尔盖特并没有单独划独木舟外出资格。

The canoe is made of one big trunk.

这个独木舟是用一块大树干做。

To paddle one's own canoe doesn't necessarily mean denying any external assistance.

独立自主并不一定意味着要拒绝一切外来援助。

They can also learn how to use watercraft, such as canoes, kayaks and paddleboards.

他们还可以学习如何使用船艇，如独木舟、皮划艇和冲浪板。

The Potomac Indians paddled their canoes down the river till they came to a much broader piece of water.

波托马克印第安人划着独木舟顺流而下，直至来到一片更开阔水域。

It is believed that their name translates to 'the people of the big canoes'.

人们普遍认为他们名字可翻译成“大独木舟人们”。

The first canoes were simply hollowed-out logs rowed with paddles.

最早独木舟只是掏空树干，用船桨划动前行。

The formidable Viking longship had its origins in the humble dugout canoe, or log boat.

强大维京长船起源于简陋独木舟。

Tonga--for that was his name--was a fine boatman and owned a big, roomy canoe of his own.

他名字叫做童格，是一个精练船夫，并且有一只很大独木船。