Picture a boat along at an easy, steady pace — not racing anywhere, not straining, just moving smoothly and comfortably, drifting to and fro. That sense of relaxed, , even-paced motion is what carries through all the uses.
From the word’s history
From Dutch kruisen 'to cross, sail to and fro', from kruis 'cross' (ultimately Latin crux). The original picture is a ship sailing back and forth across an area — not heading straight for one goal, just moving over the water at leisure.
來自荷蘭文 kruisen（來回穿梭、交叉航行），源自 kruis（十字、交叉，最終來自拉丁文 crux）。最初的畫面比較像船在一片海面上來回穿行——不是直奔某個目標，而是悠悠地在水上移動，這正好對上「平穩不趕的行進」這個核心。
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原始詞典資料17 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Cruisename/kɹuːz/
- 1
A surname from Anglo-Norman.
cruisenoun詞源 1/kɹuːz/
- 1
A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.
- Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.
- He departed with the Naniwa and the Hashidate²⁰ for a two day cruise, skirting the Wuchiu and Hui Ch’uan Islands and the shore of Fukien Province.
- 2
aeronauticsaerospacebusinessPortion of aircraft travel at a constant airspeed and altitude between ascent and descent phases.
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informalgovernmentmilitarypoliticsA period spent in the Marine Corps.
- I ended my cruise of four years in the Marine Corps at the first Officers' Training Camp for enlisted men at Quantico […]
- The New Orleans had to have numerous alterations made, and as the Chicago was just about going into commission, I was ordered to that ship to finish my cruise.
- 4
A car enthusiasts' event where they drive their vehicles in a group.
- Near-synonym: car show
- 5
slangbodybuildinghobbieslifestyleA period of reducing the dosage of PEDs instead of cycling them off as opposed to a full-dosed cycle (blast).
cruiseverb詞源 1/kɹuːz/
- 1
To sail about, especially for pleasure.
- He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous,[…].
- 2
To travel at constant speed for maximum operating efficiency.
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To move about an area leisurely in the hope of discovering something, or looking for custom.
- 4
businessforestryTo inspect (forest land) for the purpose of estimating the quantity of lumber it will yield.
- 5
To actively seek a romantic partner or casual sexual partner by moving about a particular area; to troll.
- 6
To attempt to pick up as a casual sexual partner; hit on
- 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Lot of not too bad looking boys there but when M came in I knew right then: him. Very thin & feminine, brown hair fluffed around his sharp featured face. So I began cruising him.
- I saw you cruise that white guy over there. The one with the wavy hair (yeah). I cruised him too, but I couldn't get through.
- 7
To walk while holding on to an object (stage in development of ambulation, typically occurring at 10 months).
- 8
hobbieslifestylesportsTo win easily and convincingly.
- Germany cruised to a World Cup victory over the short-handed Australians.
另外 2 個記錄的用法
- 9
To take part in a cruise (car enthusiasts' event where they drive their vehicles in a group).
- 10
slangbodybuildinghobbieslifestyleTo have a period of reducing the dosage of PEDs instead of cycling them off as opposed to going through a full-dosed cycle (blast).
- blast and cruise
cruisenoun詞源 2/kɹuːz/
- 1
A small cup; cruse.
- And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
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