1、大船、舰;也作动词"运送"(ship goods 发货)。sh- 发 /ʃ/,和 she 一样;i 发短音 /ɪ/。 2、古老的日耳曼词,本义可能是"掏空的木头(独木舟)"。同根 equip(装备,原义"备好船只")、skiff(小舟)、skipper(船长、机长)。ship 与 boat 相比,ship 一般指大船、boat 指小船。 3、动词 ship 现多指商业托运(ship by sea 海运),ship out 出发、寄出。习语 ships that pass in the night 擦肩而过。拼写 sh + ip。
ship: [OE] Ship comes from a prehistoric Germanic *skipam, which also produced German schiff, Dutch schip, Swedish skepp, and Danish skib. It is not known for certain where this came from, although a link has been suggested with Latvian shkibīt ‘cut, hew’, in which case the underlying meaning of ship could be ‘hollowed-out log’ – a ‘dugout’, in other words.
The Old High German form schif was borrowed into Italian as schifo, and this made its way via French esquif into English as skiff [16]. The Middle Dutch form schip had a derivative schipper ‘captain of a small ship’, which has given English skipper [14]. And equip too comes from a relative of English ship. => equip, skiff, skipper
ship (n.)
Old English scip "ship, boat," from Proto-Germanic *skipam (cognates: Old Norse, Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Gothic skip, Danish skib, Swedish skepp, Middle Dutch scip, Dutch schip, Old High German skif, German Schiff), "Germanic noun of obscure origin" [Watkins]. Others suggest perhaps originally "tree cut out or hollowed out," and derive it from PIE root *skei- "to cut, split."
Now a vessel of considerable size, adapted to navigation; the Old English word was used for small craft as well, and definitions changed over time; in 19c., distinct from a boat in having a bowsprit and three masts, each with a lower, top, and topgallant mast. French esquif, Italian schifo are Germanic loan-words.
Phrase ships that pass in the night is from Longfellow's poem "Elizabeth" in "Tales of a Wayside Inn" (1863). Figurative use of nautical runs a tight ship (i.e., one that does not leak) is attested from 1965.
ship (v.)
c. 1300, "to send or transport (merchandise, people) by ship; to board a ship; to travel by ship, sail, set sail," also figurative, from ship (n.). Old English scipian is attested only in the senses "take ship, embark; be furnished with a ship." Transferred to other means of conveyance (railroad, etc.) from 1857, originally American English. Related: Shipped; shipping.
权威例句
1. She mispronounced ship as sheep.
她把ship念成sheep了.
2. 'ship " doesn't rhyme with'sheep ".
Ship 和 sheep 不押韵.
3. Captain Cook safely navigated his ship without accident for 100 voyages.
库克船长驾驶的船安全出航100次无事故。
4. Sailors hung about while they waited to ship out.
水手们在等待离港的时候四处闲逛。
5. In a naval battle your aim is to sink the enemy's ship.