Cruisename/kɹuːz/

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  A surname from Anglo-Norman.

cruisenoun詞源 1/kɹuːz/

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  A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.

  • Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.
  • He departed with the Naniwa and the Hashidate²⁰ for a two day cruise, skirting the Wuchiu and Hui Ch’uan Islands and the shore of Fukien Province.
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  aeronauticsaerospacebusinessPortion of aircraft travel at a constant airspeed and altitude between ascent and descent phases.

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  informalgovernmentmilitarypoliticsA period spent in the Marine Corps.

  • I ended my cruise of four years in the Marine Corps at the first Officers' Training Camp for enlisted men at Quantico […]
  • The New Orleans had to have numerous alterations made, and as the Chicago was just about going into commission, I was ordered to that ship to finish my cruise.
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  A car enthusiasts' event where they drive their vehicles in a group.

  • Near-synonym: car show
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  slangbodybuildinghobbieslifestyleA period of reducing the dosage of PEDs instead of cycling them off as opposed to a full-dosed cycle (blast).

cruiseverb詞源 1/kɹuːz/

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  To sail about, especially for pleasure.

  • He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous,[…].
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  To travel at constant speed for maximum operating efficiency.

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  To move about an area leisurely in the hope of discovering something, or looking for custom.

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  businessforestryTo inspect (forest land) for the purpose of estimating the quantity of lumber it will yield.

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  To actively seek a romantic partner or casual sexual partner by moving about a particular area; to troll.

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  To attempt to pick up as a casual sexual partner; hit on

  • 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Lot of not too bad looking boys there but when M came in I knew right then: him. Very thin & feminine, brown hair fluffed around his sharp featured face. So I began cruising him.
  • I saw you cruise that white guy over there. The one with the wavy hair (yeah). I cruised him too, but I couldn't get through.
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  To walk while holding on to an object (stage in development of ambulation, typically occurring at 10 months).

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  hobbieslifestylesportsTo win easily and convincingly.

  • Germany cruised to a World Cup victory over the short-handed Australians.

cruisenoun詞源 2/kɹuːz/

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  A small cup; cruse.

  • And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.