英语词汇“cruise”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

cruisecruise1 /kruz/ ●●○ verb

ETYMOLOGYcruise¹

Origin: 1600-1700 Dutch kruisen to make a cross, cruise

VERB TABLE

cruise

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	cruise
	he, she, it	cruises
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	cruised
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have cruised
	he, she, it	has cruised
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had cruised
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will cruise
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have cruised

Continuous Form
Present	I	am cruising
	he, she, it	is cruising
	you, we, they	are cruising
Past	I, he, she, it	was cruising
	you, we, they	were cruising
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been cruising
	he, she, it	has been cruising
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been cruising
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be cruising
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been cruising

1[intransitive, transitive] to sail along slowly, especially for pleasure: We spent the afternoon cruising on his yacht.2[intransitive] to move at a steady speed in a car, airplane, etc.: We were cruising along at 70 miles per hour.3[intransitive, transitive] to drive a car slowly through a place with no particular purpose: Teenagers cruise Main Street on weekend nights.4informal to do something well or successfully, without too much effort: cruise to/into/through The Jayhawks cruised to a 7–0 victory over the Eagles.5[intransitive, transitive] slang to look for a sexual partner in a public place: Let’s go cruise some chicks (=girls).6be cruising for a bruising spoken used to say that someone is being so annoying or stupid that he or she is very likely to get into trouble, a fight, an argument, etc. [Origin: 1600–1700 Dutch kruisen to make a cross, cruise]