ferry用作动词的意思是“渡运,运送”,指用船或飞机将某人或某物从某处运到另一处; 可接名词或代词作宾语,还可接以介词短语充当补足语的复合宾语。

用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
The boat is ferrying people.船在摆渡。
The airplanes are ferrying motorcars between England and France.飞机在英法之间运送汽车。
用作宾补动词
▲S+～+n./pron.+prep.-phrase
The plane ferries passengers across the straits in half an hour.飞机在半个小时以内就把旅客运送到海峡对岸。

［词源］＜古英语ferian(运送)

You can cross the river by ferry.你可以搭渡船过河。
We waited at the ferry for twenty minutes.我们在渡口等了20分钟。