cruiser
英['kru?z?]
美['kr?z?]
- n. 巡洋艦；巡航飛機，警察巡邏車
詞態變化
復數:?cruisers;
英文詞源
- cruiser (n.)
- 1670s, agent noun from cruise (v.), or, probably, borrowed from similar words in neighboring languages (such as Dutch kruiser, French croiseur), originally a warship built to cruise and protect commerce or chase hostile ships (but in 18c. often applied to privateers).
Like the frigate of olden days the cruiser relies primarily on her speed; and is employed to protect the trade-routes, to glean intelligence, and to act as the 'eyes of the fleet'. [Sir Geoffrey Callender, "Sea Passages," 1943]
Meaning "one who cruises for sex partners" is from 1903, in later use mostly of homosexuals; as a boxing weight class, from 1920; meaning "police patrol car" is 1929, American English.
雙語例句
- 1. The snow cruiser proved hopelessly unsuited to Antarctic conditions.
- 事實證明雪地車根本不適合在南極地區使用。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The cruiser was heavily armoured.
- 這艘巡洋艦有堅固的裝甲。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. The cruiser was surrounded by the enemy.
- 這艘巡洋艦被敵軍包圍了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The cruiser knifed through the heavy sea.
- 巡洋艦穿過洶涌的大海.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. We made a cruiser in the distance.
- 我們看見遠處有一艘巡洋艦.⑵⑽(紙牌中)洗(牌);打滿(叫牌數);出( 牌 )勝一圈;勝(一圈)⑵
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》