[N-COUNT 可数名词]乘船游览；航游 A cruise is a holiday during which you travel on a ship or boat and visit a number of places.
He and his wife were planning to go on a world cruise...
他和太太计划乘船环游世界。
The next stop on this cruise is likely to be in Cornwall.
此次航游的下一站很可能是在康沃尔。
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[VERB 动词]乘船游览；航游 If you cruise a sea, river, or canal, you travel around it or along it on a cruise.
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[V prep/adv]
She wants to cruise the canals of France in a barge...
她想乘驳船游览法国的运河。
During their summer holidays they cruised further afield to Normandy and Brittany.
暑期他们乘船到更远的诺曼底和布列塔尼游览。
cruising
...a 51ft cruising yacht.
长为51英尺的大游艇
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[VERB 动词](车、船或飞机)以平稳且舒适的速度行驶，缓慢行进 If a car, ship, or aircraft cruises somewhere, it moves there at a steady comfortable speed.
[V prep/adv]
A black and white police car cruised past.
一辆黑白相间的警车缓慢驶过。
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[VERB 动词]（球队或运动员）轻而易举赢得，轻取 If a team or sports player cruises to victory, they win easily.
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[JOURNALISM 新闻]
Graf looked in awesome form as she cruised to an easy victory.
格拉芙轻松取胜，看上去状态极佳。
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[VERB 动词](在公共场所，尤指男同性恋者)寻找性伙伴，猎艳 If a gay man is cruising, he is searching in public places for a sexual partner.
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...gay men cruising on Clapham Common.
在克拉珀姆公地寻找性伙伴的男同性恋者
Oxford
cruise/kruːz; NAmEkruːz/
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cruisecruisescruisedcruisingnouna journey by sea, visiting different places, especially as a holiday/vacation 乘船游览；航行◆I'd love to go on a round-the-world cruise.我很想乘船周游世界。◆a luxury cruise ship豪华游轮☞collocationsat
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verb1[intransitive , transitive ]to travel in a ship or boat visiting different places, especially as a holiday/vacation 乘船游览(+ adv./prep.)◆They cruised down the Nile.他们沿尼罗河而下乘船游览。cruisesth ◆We spent two weeks cruising the Bahamas.我们花了两个星期乘船游览巴哈马群岛。2[intransitive ](+ adv./prep.)(of a car, plane, etc. 汽车、飞机等)to travel at a steady speed 以平稳的速度行驶◆a light aircraft cruising at 4 000 feet一架在 4 000 英尺高度巡航的轻型飞机◆a cruising speed of 50 miles an hour每小时 50 英里平稳行驶的速度3[intransitive , transitive ](of a car, etc. or its driver 汽车等或驾驶员)to drive along slowly, especially when you are looking at or for sth （尤指查看或寻找时）慢速行驶，巡行+ adv./prep.◆She cruised around the block looking for a parking space.她绕着那个街区慢慢行驶，想找个停车的地方。cruisesth ◆Taxis cruised the streets, looking for fares.出租汽车缓慢行驶在街上招揽顾客。4[intransitive ]+ adv./prep.to win or achieve sth easily 轻而易举赢得（或获得）；轻取◆The home team cruised to victory.主队轻松取胜。5[intransitive , transitive ]cruise(sth) ( slang) to go around in public places looking for a sexual partner （在公共场所）寻觅性伙伴，猎艳cruise/kruːz; NAmEkruːz/
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cruise1 noun
cruise2 verb
cruisecruise1 /kruːz/ ●●○ noun [countable]
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1a holiday on a large ship: a Mediterranean cruisecruise around a cruise around the world► see thesaurus at
journey
2a journey by boat for pleasureCOLLOCATIONSverbsgo on a cruise· What about going on a cruise down the Nile?take a cruise· We thought about taking a ten-day cruise in the Caribbean.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + cruisea luxury cruise· He went on a luxury cruise to Alaska.a Mediterranean/Caribbean etc cruise· a 15-night Mediterranean cruisea world cruise (=around the world)· How much would a world cruise cost?cruise + NOUNa cruise ship/liner· a luxury cruise shipa cruise line/operator (=company that provides cruises)
cruise1 noun
cruise2 verb
cruisecruise2 ●○○ verb
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1[intransitive, transitive] to sail along slowly, especially for pleasure: We were cruising in the Caribbean all winter. an evening spent cruising the River Seine2[intransitive usually + adverb/preposition] to move at a steady speed in a car, aircraft etc: We were cruising along at 50 miles per hour. We fly at a cruising speed of 500 mph.3[intransitive, transitive] to drive a car slowly through a place with no particular purpose: They cruised up and down the coast road.4[intransitive] informal to do something well or successfully, without too much effortcruise to The horse cruised to a three-length win.5[intransitive, transitive] informal to go to a bar or other public place, looking for a sexual partner: We went cruising the singles bars.