ship
noun [ C ] uk/ʃɪp/ us/ʃɪp/
A2 （尤指航海的）大船，海轮，轮船，舰
a large boat for travelling on water, especially across the sea
a sailing ship 大帆船
a merchant/naval ship 商船／军舰
They boarded (= went on to) a ship that was sailing (= leaving) the next day. 他们登上了一艘第二天启航的船。
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- The crane lifted the container off the ship.
- We spent two months aboard ship .
- The ship sank slowly to the depths of the ocean.
- Hundreds of people turned up to see the ship dock at Southampton.
- The ship was flying the Spanish flag.
Idiom
like ships that pass in the nightidiom 擦肩而过;一面之缘
If two people are like ships that pass in the night, they meet once or twice by chance for a short time then do not see each other again.
ship
verb [ T usually + adv/prep ] uk/ʃɪp/ us/ʃɪp/ -pp-
运输，运送
to send something, usually a large object or a large quantity of objects or people, to a place far away
We ship books out to New York every month. 我们每个月都往纽约运书。
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- Her books and clothes were packed into chests and shipped across to Canada.
- Millions of live animals are shipped around the world each year.
- The goods are then shipped across the Atlantic.
- Products like this are routinely shipped to the four corners of the earth.
- It's cheaper to ship goods than it is to fly them.
Phrasal verb
ship someone off 送走（某人）
to send someone away somewhere
The children were shipped off to their grandparents' house for the holidays. 孩子们被送到祖父母家度假。