ocean liner; mail ship; passenger steamship
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesnoun
large passenger steamship sailing on fixed ocean routes and schedules; ocean liner; mail ship
Historically called 'mail ships' because postal services entrusted mail to these fast passenger vessels. Also referred to as 邮轮 (cruise liners). Typically refers to scheduled transoceanic passenger vessels rather than modern cruise ships.
Zhè这
sōu艘
yóu邮
chuán船
kě可
yǐ以
róng容
nà纳
sān三
qiān千
míng名
chéng乘
kè客
。
This ocean liner can accommodate three thousand passengers.
Zǔ祖
fù父
nián年
qīng轻
shí时
céng曾
zài在
kuà跨
dà大
xī西
yáng洋
de的
yóu邮
chuán船
shàng上
gōng工
zuò作
。
Grandfather worked on a transatlantic ocean liner when he was young.
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Yóu邮
chuán船
zhǔn准
shí时
dǐ抵
dá达
le了
Niǔ纽
yuē约
gǎng港
。
The liner arrived at New York Harbor on schedule.
Suí随
zhe着
háng航
kōng空
yè业
de的
fā发
zhǎn展
，
dà大
xíng型
yóu邮
chuán船
zhú逐
jiàn渐
jiǎn减
shǎo少
le了
。
With the development of the aviation industry, large ocean liners gradually declined.