cruise

cruise的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [kru:z]
KK音标发音： [kruz]

cruise的词性：
v.（动词）

cruise的词性：
v.intr.（不及物动词）

1. To sail or travel about, as for pleasure or reconnaissance.
巡游，航行，航游：为娱乐或侦察而进行航行或巡航

2. To go or move along, especially in an unhurried or unconcerned fashion:
漫游：缓慢地行进或移动，尤指悠闲随意地漫游：

“A whole cache of babies . . . cruised imperiously in their strollers, propelled by their mothers or by pairs of grandmothers”(Anne Tyler)
“到处都看得到婴儿…在婴儿车里悠闲自在，母亲或祖母则推着走来走去”(安妮·泰勒)

3. To travel at a constant speed, or at a speed providing maximum operating efficiency for a sustained period.
以经济速度行驶：以稳定的速度行进，或在一段时间内以发动机效率最高的速度行驶

4. Informal To move leisurely about an area in the hope of discovering something:
【非正式用语】 缓慢巡行：希望发现某物而在一个地区悠闲地移动：

taxis cruising for fares.
计程车转悠着等着拉客

5. Slang To look for a sexual partner, as in a public place.
【俚语】 猎艳，寻欢：寻觅性伴侣，如在公共场合中

6. To inspect a wooded area to determine its lumber yield.
勘查林区：勘查林木地带以探明木材产量

cruise的词性：
v.tr.（及物动词）

7. To travel about or journey over.
巡航：在…地区或上空巡航

8. Slang
【俚语】

9. To look in (a public area) for a sexual partner.
寻觅性伴侣：在（公共场所）寻觅性伴侣

10. To seek out and make a sexual overture to.
猎奇，猎艳：找出性对象并发出进攻

11. To inspect in order to determine lumber yield.
勘探木材产量：勘查以探明木材产量

cruise的词性：
n.（名词）

12. The act or an instance of cruising, especially a sea voyage for pleasure.
航行，巡航：航行或巡游的行为或事例，尤指为娱乐而作的海上旅行

cruise的词源：

13. Dutch kruisen [to cross]
荷兰语 kruisen [横穿]

14. from Dutch kruis [cross]
源自 荷兰语 kruis [十字架]

15. from Middle Dutch cruce
源自 中古荷兰语 cruce

16. from Latin crux cruc- [cross]
源自 拉丁语 crux cruc- [十字架]