vessel

vessel 容器，轮船

来自拉丁语vas,容器，词源同vase,vascular.引申词义船只，轮船。

vessel

vessel: [13] Latin vascellum meant ‘small dish or utensil’. It was a diminutive form of vas ‘dish, vessel’ (source of English vase). It passed into English via Old French vaissel and Anglo- Norman vessel, on the way acquiring the additional meaning ‘ship’.
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vessel (n.)

c. 1300, "container," from Old French vessel "container, receptacle, barrel; ship" (12c., Modern French vaisseau) from Late Latin vascellum "small vase or urn," also "a ship," alteration of Latin vasculum, diminutive of vas "vessel." Sense of "ship, boat" is found in English from early 14c. "The association between hollow utensils and boats appears in all languages" [Weekley]. Meaning "canal or duct of the body" (especially for carrying blood) is attested from late 14c.

1. A fishing vessel and a cargo ship collided in rough seas.

一艘捕鱼船和一艘货船在波涛汹涌的海上相撞了。

2. He loaded his vessel with another cargo and set sail.

他给自己的船装上另一批货后便启航了。

3. A plane with Danish markings was over-flying his vessel.

一架带有丹麦标记的飞机从他的船上空飞过。

4. More and more frequently the vessel lurched into a sudden roll.

船不时会猛烈摇晃一下，而且越来越频繁。

5. The British navy boarded the vessel and towed it to New York.

英国海军登上船，把它拖到纽约。

【craft, vessel, ship, canoe, steamer, boat】
这组词都有“船”的意思，其区别是：
craft: 船只的集合名词，但可指单独的船只。
vessel: 多指运货或运人的大船。
ship: 含义广，一般指大轮船，如航海船只，内河航运船只。
canoe: 指长而轻，用桨的小舟、独木船。
steamer: 指靠蒸汽发动机为动力的船只。
boat: 泛指任何大小的船只，尤指靠划桨或风帆行进的无篷小船。

【motorway（free way，express way）, vessel, pavement（sidewalk）, highway, route, trail, street, way, road, channel, lane】
motorway（free way，express way）: 高速公路；
vessel: 血管，管道，一般指细小管道；
pavement（sidewalk）: 街道两旁的人行道；
highway: 通常指市区外可以通行各种机动车辆的交通干线;
route: 路线，航线；path：乡间小路，公园小径；
trail: 指人或兽在森林、荒野或山中踩出的小径或崎岖小道
street: 尤指城市中的道路；
way: 可指各种路、道或通道，也可指抽象的道路、方法；
road: 广阔平坦的大道，多指公路；
channel: 海峡，渠道，管道；
lane: 指农村或城镇的小道或小径，也指小巷；