a large boat that carries people or goods by sea （大）船；舰 
The yard builds ships for the Navy. 这个造船厂为海军造船。 - on a ship
The others sailed on a later ship. 其他人乘坐后来的一艘船。 - aboard a ship
The goods had been loaded aboard a ship destined for Montreal. 货物已装上一艘开往蒙特利尔的船。 There are two restaurants on board ship. 船上有两个餐厅。 a cargo/cruise/merchant ship 货船/游轮/商船 a Navy ship 一艘海军舰艇 a ship’s company (= the crew of a ship) 全体船员。 a ship’s captain/crew/officers 船长/船员/高级船员 - by ship
Raw materials and labour come by ship, rail or road. 原料和工人经水上、铁路和公路运送而来。 The captain gave the order to abandon ship (= to leave the ship because it was sinking). 船长下令弃船。 a fleet of ships 一队船 They boarded a ship bound for India. 他们登上了一艘开往印度的船。 When the ship docked at Southampton he was rushed to hospital. 当船停靠在南安普敦时，他被紧急送往医院。
Collocations Travel and tourismsee also airship, factory ship, flagship, lightship, sailing shipTravel and tourism 旅游和旅游业 Holidays/vacations 假期 - have/take (British English) a holiday/(North American English) a vacation/a break/a day off/(British English) a gap year
休假；短期休假；休一天假；休空缺年假 - go on/be on holiday/vacation/leave/honeymoon/safari/a trip/a tour/a cruise/a pilgrimage
去／在度假／休假／度蜜月／游猎／旅游／观光／乘船游览／朝圣 - go backpacking/camping/hitchhiking/sightseeing
去背包旅行／露营／搭顺风车旅行／观光游览 - plan a trip/a holiday/a vacation/your itinerary
计划旅行／假期／行程 - book accommodation/a hotel room/a flight/tickets
预订住宿／酒店房间／航班／票 - have/make/cancel a reservation/(especially British English) booking
预订；取消预订 - rent a villa/(both British English) a holiday home/a holiday cottage
租一座度假别墅／一个度假住所／一座度假小别墅 - (especially British English) hire/ (especially North American English) rent a car/bicycle/moped
租借一辆汽车／自行车／摩托自行车 - stay in a hotel/a bed and breakfast/a youth hostel/a villa/(both British English) a holiday home/a caravan
住在酒店／提供住宿和早餐的旅馆／青年旅舍／度假别墅／度假住所／旅行拖车里 - cost/charge $100 a/per night for a single/double/twin/standard/(British English) en suite room
单人房／双人房／标间／套房一晚花费／要价 100 美元 - check into/out of a hotel/a motel/your room
入住／结账离开酒店／汽车旅馆／房间 - pack/unpack your suitcase/bags
把东西装进手提箱／旅行包；取出手提箱／旅行包里的东西 - call/order room service
打电话叫／叫客房服务 - cancel/cut short a trip/holiday/vacation
取消／缩短旅程／假期
Foreign travel 出国旅行 - apply for/get/renew a/your passport
申请／拿到／续签护照 - take out/buy/get travel insurance
获得／购买／取得旅游保险 - catch/miss your plane/train/ferry/connecting flight
赶上／错过飞机／火车／渡船／转乘航班 - fly (in)/travel in business/economy class
乘坐商务／经济舱飞行／旅行 - make/have a brief/two-day/twelve-hour stopover/(North American English also) layover in Hong Kong
在香港作短暂的／两天的／十二小时的中途停留 - experience/cause/lead to delays
遇上／引起／导致延误 - check (in)/collect/get/lose (your) (especially British English) luggage/(especially North American English) baggage
托运／取／弄丢行李 - be charged for/pay excess baggage
被收取／支付超重行李费 - board/get on/leave/get off the aircraft/plane/ship/ferry
上／下飞机／船／渡船 - taxi down/leave/approach/hit/overshoot the runway
在跑道上滑行；离开／接近／降落在／冲出跑道 - experience/hit/encounter severe turbulence
遇到强烈的气流 - suffer from/recover from/get over your jet lag/travel sickness
遭受时差反应／晕车；从时差反应／晕车恢复过来；克服时差反应／晕车
The tourist industry 旅游业 - attract/draw/bring tourists/visitors
吸引游客 - encourage/promote/hurt tourism
鼓励／促进／损害旅游业 - promote/develop ecotourism
促进／发展生态旅游 - build/develop/visit a tourist/holiday/(especially British English) seaside/beach/ski resort
建立／开发／参观旅游／假日／海滨／海滩／滑雪胜地 - work for/be operated by a major hotel chain
就职于一家大型连锁酒店；由一家大型连锁酒店经营 - be served by/compete with low-cost/(especially North American English) low-fare/budget airlines
由廉价航空公司提供服务；与廉价航空公司竞争 - book something through/make a booking through/use a travel agent
通过旅行社预订；经旅行社代办 - contact/check with your travel agent/tour operator
联系旅行社；向旅行社咨询 - book/be on/go on a package deal/holiday/tour
预订／进行／去包价旅游 - buy/bring back (tacky/overpriced) souvenirs
购买／带回（低劣的／定价过高的）纪念品
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by watera2The dockers were loading the cargo onto the ship. 码头工人正往船上装货。 Their ship lay at anchor in the bay. 他们的船在海湾停泊。 The ship is now permanently moored in Buenos Aires. 这只船如今永久停泊在布宜诺斯艾利斯。 a ship carrying more than a thousand people 搭载一千多人的客船 a container ship 集装箱船 The captain went down with his ship. 船长随船一起沉入了大海。 The crew was rescued by a passing ship. 船员们被一艘经过的船只营救了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cruise
- sailing
- cargo
- …
- fleet
- board
- come aboard
- come on board
- …
- carry somebody/something
- arrive
- dock
- …
- aboard a/the ship
- on a/the ship
- on board a/the ship
- …
- the bow of a ship
- the deck of a ship
- the stern of a ship
- …
Word OriginOld English scip (noun), late Old English scipian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schip and German Schiff.
Idioms
(like rats) deserting/leaving a sinking ship
- (humorous, disapproving)
used to talk about people who leave an organization, a company, etc. that is having difficulties, without caring about the people who are left （比喻只顾自己而离开处于困境中的机构等）（像）逃离沉船（的老鼠）
jump ship
to leave the ship on which you are serving, without permission 擅自弃职离船 to leave an organization that you belong to, suddenly and unexpectedly 擅自离队；擅离职守
run a tight ship
to organize something in a very efficient way, controlling other people very closely 管理有方；严加控制
spoil the ship for a ha’p’orth/ha’pennyworth of tar
- (saying)
to cause something good to fail because you did not spend a small but necessary amount of money or time on a small but essential part of it 因小失大