Word · Frequency #26563
steamship
轮船；汽船
核心释义
A ship propelled by steam power; a ship powered by one or more steam engines.
- 1.
以蒸汽为动力的船舶
A ship or vessel propelled by steam power.
- 2.
由一台或多台蒸汽机驱动的船
a ship powered by one or more steam engines
以蒸汽为动力的船舶；由一台或多台蒸汽机驱动的船；汽船；轮船
用法In use
The old steamship crossed the Atlantic in eight days.
用法提示：steamship 为名词，指以蒸汽为动力的轮船。
The museum displays a model of a 19th-century steamship.
用法提示：steamship 作名词单数，指蒸汽船。
Steamships changed overseas travel forever.
用法提示：steamships 是 steamship 的复数形式，泛指轮船这类交通工具。
by steamship
by steamship 表示出行方式，steamship 前通常不加冠词。
Many immigrants crossed the ocean by steamship in the early 1900s.
20世纪初，许多移民乘轮船横渡大洋。
a steamship from [place] to [place]
用 from...to... 说明航线的起止点，a 或 the steamship 均可使用。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- steamship company
- 轮船公司
- The steamship company hired hundreds of crew members.这家轮船公司雇用了数百名船员。
- steamship ticket
- 轮船船票
- He bought a steamship ticket for the journey from Southampton to New York.他买了一张从南安普顿到纽约的轮船船票。
- transatlantic steamship
- 横渡大西洋的轮船
- The transatlantic steamship left port at dawn.那艘横渡大西洋的轮船在黎明时离港。
- steamship era
- 轮船时代
- Many grand hotels were built during the steamship era.许多宏伟的酒店是在轮船时代建造的。
- steamship route
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把 steam（蒸汽）和 ship（船）拼在一起：冒着蒸汽航行的船就是轮船。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：historical accounts、maritime history、museum displays steamship 是中性名词，通常用于书面语或历史叙述，多出现在与航海史相关的语境；口语中较少用，常以 ship 或 steamer 代替。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 /ʃɪp/ 结尾，与 steamship 的后半部分押韵（warship、spaceship、airship、flagship、ship）。注意 sheep /ʃiːp/ 拼写与 -ship 相近，但元音不同，发音不押韵。
一起学习词形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.