rope ferry meaning in English

【军事】绳渡。

Until recently , the village could only be reached by a rope ferry across the creek , pulled by old ladies . now there s a tiny bridge , but little else has changed in over a century . the village , sometimes referred to as a chinese venice , is a jumble of wooden houses balancing on stilts over slow - flowing streams and mud - flats
以往，游人要到村内，得乘坐一艘由村妇用绳索拉著前行的小艇，才可渡过小河到达彼岸的大澳村，今天，小河上已盖建了拱桥，出入比以往方便得多，但除此之外，大澳村的面貌依然如昔，那些用竹竿架起在小溪上的棚屋，仍然是村民的住所，而一排一排的棚屋倒影在小河上，令这条远离尘嚣的村庄，添上了几分东方威尼斯的色彩。