/kəˈnu: ||; kəˈnu/noun [C] a light, narrow boat for one or two people that you can move through the water using a flat piece of wood (a paddle) 划艇；独木舟 ☞Look at kayak. 参看 kayak。 ☞picture at boat 见 boat 插图 canoe verb [I] (present participle canoeing third person singular present canoes;past tense past participle canoed) They canoed down the river. 他们划着独木舟顺河而下。 When we are talking about spending time in a canoe it is more usual to say go canoeing We're going canoeing on the river tomorrow. 划独木舟消闲通常叫go canoeing：We're going canoeing on the river tomorrow.明天我们去河上玩独木舟。