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。
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
a water-borne vessel, generally larger than a boat, used for carrying passengers or freight
水上船只,通常比小船大
A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
运载乘客或货物的船舶
a vessel that carries passengers or freight
一种由空细胞被六个活细胞包围的静物
A particular still life consisting of an empty cell surrounded by six live cells.
用于盛放香料的器皿(原形似船体)
A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
雷诺曼牌中的第三张牌
The third card of the Lenormand deck.
The ship sailed across the ocean.
那艘船驶过了大洋。
用法提示：名词，指大型的航海船舶。
They loaded the cargo onto the ship.
他们把货物装上了船。
用法提示：名词，作为运输货物的船只。
The cruise ship has five restaurants.
这艘游轮上有五家餐厅。
用法提示：名词，特指游轮，一种大型客船。
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 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。
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。
较正式或技术性用语，可指大型船只；日常口语中不如 ship 常用。
通常指比 ship 小的船；口语中可泛指船只，但正式或大型船舶语境下多用 ship。
较正式，单复数同形，可统称各类船只；不如 ship 具体。
专指载客的定期大型客轮，不用于货船。
专指运载货物的轮船，不指客船。
grammar · medium
易错句子We went to the island by a ship.
正确表达We went to the island by ship.
表示交通方式时，英语用“by + 名词”结构（如 by ship、by bus、by plane），名词前不加冠词。ship 虽然可数，但在 by ship 这个固定搭配中要用零冠词，所以应去掉 a。
grammar · medium
易错句子There are many passengers in the ship.
正确表达There are many passengers on the ship.
乘坐或身处船、飞机、火车等交通工具时，英语用介词 on，而不用 in。中文的“在船上”容易直译为 in the ship，但正确搭配是 on the ship。
ship 通常指较大的远洋船舶；boat 常指较小的船只，如小舟、游艇，多用于非正式语境。按尺寸和用途区分，不能随便互换。
vessel 是较正式且范围更广的词，泛指任何水上运载工具，也可指容器；ship 特指大型航海船舶。正式场合或泛称时用 vessel，描述具体大船时用 ship。
ship 和 sheep 元音长短不同：ship 读短音 /ʃɪp/，sheep 读长音 /ʃiːp/。听错或说错会把“船”变成“羊”，需注意元音长度。
货船
The cargo ship carried goods across the ocean.
这艘货船运载货物跨越大洋。
邮轮
They went on a cruise ship for their holiday.
他们假期乘坐邮轮旅行。
客轮
The passenger ship sailed from Shanghai to Japan.
这艘客轮从上海驶往日本。
商船
The merchant ship was attacked by pirates.
那艘商船遭到海盗袭击。
帆船
The old sailing ship has three masts.
那艘老帆船有三根桅杆。
在船上
The passengers were on board the ship when it left the port.
船离港时乘客们都在船上。
时来运转，发财之时
She's tired of being poor, but she keeps working hard until her ship comes in.
她厌倦了贫穷，但她继续努力工作，直到时来运转。
管理严格，纪律严明
The manager runs a tight ship, so everyone is always on time.
经理管理严格，所以每个人都准时。
跳槽；脱离组织，离弃
Several staff jumped ship after the merger was announced.
合并宣布后，几名员工跳槽离开了。
夜里相遇的船只，擦肩而过时彼此交谈。
Longfellow's line about ships that pass in the night is a metaphor for people who meet only briefly and never form a deep connection.
朗费罗关于夜航相遇船只的诗句，比喻仅短暂相遇而未曾深交的人。
船停在港口虽然安全，但这不是造船的目的。
This quote is often used to motivate people to leave their comfort zone, because a ship is meant to sail, not to stay safe in port.
这句话常用来激励人们走出舒适区，因为船是为了航行，而不是为了安全地停在港口。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.