a large boat for transporting people or goods by sea 海船,轮船 ■a sailing vessel with a bowsprit and three or more square-rigged masts 三(或多)桅帆船 ■(informal)any boat, especially a racing boat (非正式)船(尤指赛艇) ■a spaceship 宇宙飞船 ■(N. Amer.)an aircraft (北美)飞船;飞机
(shipped, shipping)
[with obj. and adverbial of direction](常作be shipped)transport (goods or people) on a ship 用船运 the wounded soldiers were shipped home. 受伤的士兵用船运回家。 ■transport by some other means 运送 he was captured and shipped off to a labour camp. 他被俘,送往劳动营。 ■[with obj.](Electronics)make (a product) available for purchase (电子)使(产品)上市 ■[no obj.](dated)embark on a ship (旧)上船,乘船 people wishing to get from London to New York ship at Liverpool. 想从伦敦去纽约的人在利物浦上船。 ■(of a sailor) take service on a ship (水手)在船上工作 Jack, you shipped with the Admiral once, didn't you?. 杰克,你曾经和舰队司令一起在船上工作过,对吧。
[with obj.](of a boat) take in (water) over the side 在舷侧进(水)
[with obj.]take (oars) from the rowlocks and lay them inside a boat 把(桨架中的桨)放在船内 ■fix (something such as a rudder or mast) in its place on a ship 给船安装(舵、桅杆等)
常用词组 a sinking ship
used in various phrases to describe an organization or endeavour that is failing, usually in the context of criticizing someone for leaving it 即将沉没的船(用于各种短语中,指正在走向失败的组织或努力,常用在指责某人此时离开的语境中) they have fled like rats from a sinking ship. 他们早已像沉船上的老鼠一样逃跑了。
ship a sea
(Brit.)(of a boat) be flooded by a wave (英)(船只)被浪淹没
take ship
set off on a voyage by ship; embark 乘船出发;上船 they were due to take ship for Rhodes. 他们将乘船前往罗得岛。
when someone's ship comes in (或 home)
when someone's fortune is made 当发财的时候
派生 shipless adjective shippable adjective 语源
Old English scip (noun), late Old English scipian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schip and German Schiff