Big steamboats carried hundreds of people between cities.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

Steamboats became the romantic symbol of this great transportation revolution and all of this movement.

蒸汽船成了浪漫的象征,代表着伟大的交通革命及其所有运动

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

Steamboats were wonderful and exciting and romantic.

蒸汽船是如此美妙,令人激动及浪漫

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

The use of river steamboats increased.

VOA: special.2010.01.11