Word · Frequency #1356
ship
船；船舶
a water-borne vessel, generally larger than a boat, used for carrying passengers or freight
- 1.
A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
水上船只,通常比小船大
- 2.
a vessel that carries passengers or freight
运载乘客或货物的船舶
- 3.
A particular still life consisting of an empty cell surrounded by six live cells.
一种由空细胞被六个活细胞包围的静物
- 4.
A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
用于盛放香料的器皿(原形似船体)
- 5.
The third card of the Lenormand deck.
雷诺曼牌中的第三张牌
船形静物；船形香器；船牌；水上船只,通常比小船大；运载乘客或货物的船舶
In use
The ship sailed across the ocean.
They loaded the cargo onto the ship.
The cruise ship has five restaurants.
by ship
by ship 表示交通方式，名词前通常不加冠词。
We went to the island by ship.
我们乘船去了那个岛。
on board a/the ship
on board 后接 a/the ship，也可用 on a ship，但 on board 更正式。
There are 500 passengers on board the ship.
船上有500名乘客。
a ship carrying sth
现在分词短语 carrying sth 作后置定语，说明船只运载的内容。
A ship carrying crude oil sank in the storm.
一艘运载原油的船在暴风雨中沉没了。
Connections
Collocations
- cargo ship
- 货船
- The cargo ship carried goods across the ocean.这艘货船运载货物跨越大洋。
- cruise ship
- 邮轮
- They went on a cruise ship for their holiday.他们假期乘坐邮轮旅行。
- passenger ship
- 客轮
- The passenger ship sailed from Shanghai to Japan.这艘客轮从上海驶往日本。
- merchant ship
- 商船
- The merchant ship was attacked by pirates.那艘商船遭到海盗袭击。
- sailing ship
- 帆船
- The old sailing ship has three masts.那艘老帆船有三根桅杆。
- on board a ship
- 在船上
Learner notes
Memory Tip
看到 ship 中的 s，想到 sea（海）与 super（超级）：海上的超级大船，比 boat 更大。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、新闻报道、航运事务 “ship”作名词最常见、最核心的意思是“船；船舶”，在日常口语和书面语中都很自然，属于中性词。其他较专门的义项，如康威生命游戏中的“船形”、船形香器、雷诺曼牌第三张等，通常只在特定领域或专业语境中出现。
Grammar Note
作为交通工具时常用 by ship，不加冠词。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 ship /ʃɪp/ 押韵：chip /tʃɪp/、drip /drɪp/、lip /lɪp/、sip /sɪp/（都带 /ɪp/ 音）。拼写近似但发音不同的形似词有 sheep /ʃiːp/（长元音 /iː/）和 shop /ʃɒp/（元音 /ɒ/），它们并不押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.