Pirate mother ships now face pre-emptive boarding and skiffs are destroyed rather than ordered home as happened in the past .
海盗的母船现在面临先发制人的上船检查,而小艇通常被直接摧毁,而不像过去一样只是被要求离开。
As twilight drew on , the ferryboat went back to her accustomed business and the skiffs disappeared .
天色向晚,渡船又回到镇口摆渡去了,其余的小船也不见了。
The skiffs you have acquired on the course should stand you in good stead .
你在这门课中所学到的技能应该对你有用。
There were a great many skiffs rowing about or floating with the stream in the neighborhood of the ferryboat , but the boys could not determine what the men in them were doing .