cruise
v
1 [I, Ipr, Ip]
sail about, either for pleasure or, in wartime, looking for enemy ships (航船)巡游, 巡航
a destroyer cruising about (in) the Baltic Sea 在波羅的海游弋的驅逐艦.
2
(a) [I, Ipr, Ip]
(of a motor vehicle or an aircraft) travel at a moderate speed, using fuel efficiently (指機動車輛或飛行器)(以節省燃料的)中等速度行進
cruising at 10000 ft/350 miles per hour 以每小時10000英尺[350英里]的中速航行
a cruising speed of 50 miles per hour 每小時50英里的中等速度.
(b) [I, Ipr, Ip]
drive a vehicle at a moderate speed 以中等速度行駛
Taxis cruised about, hoping to pick up late fares. 計程車以中等速度轉來轉去, 希望能招攬到晚歸的乘客.
3 [I] (sl 俚) (esp of a homosexual) go about in public places looking for someone to have sex with (尤指同性戀者)在公共場尋找性伴侶. cruise, n pleasure voyage 海上航游; 乘船游覽
go on/for a cruise 作一次海上航游
a round-the-world cruise 乘船周游世界.
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克魯斯(諧音)號 巡航艇 cru(十字)+ise:在海洋上縱橫來往而行- 巡航
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*[kru:z]n. 巡航, 巡弋, 漫游vt. 巡航, 巡弋, 漫游vi. 巡航, 巡弋, 漫游
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crossn. 十字架;十字形飾物;雜交品種;痛苦;
vi. 交錯而行;橫渡;越境;
vt. 雜交;橫跨,穿越;劃掉;使相交;
adj. 壞脾氣的, 易怒的;相反的,反向的;