A kayak is a long, narrow, light boat, most often for one person, sometimes for two. You sit down inside it with your legs out in front, and you move it with a paddle that has a blade at both ends — one left, one right. The top of the boat fits around you more closely than a canoe does, so splashes are less likely to fill it.

A kayak kayak，皮艇 is a long, narrow, light boat是一種又長又窄的輕巧小船 most often for one person, sometimes for two通常坐一個人，有時候坐兩個人。You sit down inside it你坐進船艙裡 with your legs out in front雙腿往前伸直 and you move it with a paddle用一支槳來划 that has a blade at both ends這支槳兩端都有槳葉 — one left, one right一邊左、一邊右。The top of the boat fits around you more closely than a canoe does船的上緣比 canoe，獨木舟，更貼合你的身體 so splashes are less likely to fill it所以水花比較不容易濺進船裡。

People take kayaks out on lakes, rivers, and the sea, for fun, for sport, and, in the past, to hunt.

People take kayaks out on lakes, rivers, and the sea人們會划 kayak到湖泊、河流和海上 for fun, for sport為了休閒、為了運動 and, in the past, to hunt過去也用來打獵。

The word is also a verb: to kayak means to travel in one of these boats. It is ordinary English, not formal.

The word is also a verb這個字也可以當動詞 to kayak means to travel in one of these boats「to kayak」意思是划這種船出行。It is ordinary English, not formal這是日常英文，不是正式用語。

The boat is not the same as a canoe, though people mix the two: in a canoe you often kneel or sit higher, the boat is more open, and the paddle usually has only one blade.

The boat is not the same as a canoe這種船跟 canoe，獨木舟，不一樣 though people mix the two雖然大家常常把兩者搞混 in a canoe you often kneel or sit higher在 canoe裡你通常是跪著或坐得比較高 the boat is more open船身比較開放 and the paddle usually has only one blade而且船槳通常只有一端有槳葉。