Shipping Line
释义 Definition
shipping line:航运公司/船公司;也可指定期航线(班轮航线),即按固定班期和航线运营的海运服务。(在商业与物流语境中最常见)
发音 Pronunciation (IPA)
/ˈʃɪpɪŋ laɪn/
例句 Examples
The shipping line delayed the vessel because of bad weather.
因为恶劣天气,船公司推迟了船舶的出航。
After comparing rates and transit times, we chose a shipping line that offers weekly sailings to Europe.
比较运价和运输时间后,我们选了一家提供每周赴欧洲班次的航运公司。
词源 Etymology
shipping 来自 ship(船),表示“航运、运输”;line 原意为“线”,在商业英语中常引申为“行业、线路、公司体系”。合起来 shipping line 就指“经营航运业务的公司”或其“固定运营线路”。
相关词 Related Words
文学与作品 Literary Works
在航运、全球贸易与海事纪实写作中常见,例如:
- The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger(Marc Levinson)
- Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate(Rose George)
- The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World(Lincoln Paine)