Someone also asked, Xiao Qi, look at your article. Sometimes I write "cruise ship" and sometimes I write "cruise ship". What's the difference between these two words? Is it because you can't figure it out or because of a clerical error? Can you be careful when writing articles in the future?
To tell the truth, Xiaoqi sometimes stumbles herself on this issue, not because she can't distinguish clearly, but because she writes "cruise ship" for a while and "cruise ship" for a while in an article. She feels sorry for her friends, but she can't help it. In order to respect the universally recognized facts and the brand positioning of some shipping companies, she can only write like this. However, friends who read the article will be very depressed. You write so vaguely, how can people believe what you write?
alas ...
How difficult do you think this little seven is? . .
Let's talk about this "cruise ship" and "cruise ship" today and explain the words in her article.
First of all, when the concept of large cruise ship first entered China, the word "cruise ship" was mostly used, so I'll stop here.
Let's take a look at the explanation of Baidu Encyclopedia:
Cruise ship: a large passenger ship with fixed routes and regular sailing on the ocean.
Cruise ship: a passenger ship used to transport passengers for tourism and sightseeing activities.
Let's check the explanation of the latest Modern Chinese Dictionary, which should be authoritative enough:
Cruise ship: A large passenger ship that sails regularly at sea. In the past, water mail was always entrusted to this large fast passenger ship, so it was called a mail ship. Also called a cruise ship.
Cruise ship: A ship that transports passengers for sightseeing.
I guess I'm still a little unclear after reading these,
Otherwise, how can it be easy to use and confusing?
Then listen to Xiao Qi.
Simply put, the early ocean-going ships that originated in Britain carried both goods and passengers, especially mail. These ships belonged to Royal Mail at that time, so they were called "cruise ships" at that time. At present, the "cruise ship" is still used by Guanda Cruise, because the ship of Guanda Cruise belonged to Royal Mail at that time. With the development of science and technology, great changes have taken place in transportation. Up to now, the function of cruise ship has really changed completely, and it no longer needs to undertake the function of transporting goods and mail, and has become a "cruise ship" that truly integrates entertainment, leisure and travel. However, on the west coast of Norway, the Haidalude cruise ship still maintains such a route. It regularly departs from Bergen, a city in southern Norway, and ships will stop at coastal ports, stopping in villages and towns for dozens of minutes and staying in the city for several hours, not only to transport goods and mail, but also for tourists. The coastal experts on board will also share with you their views on local history, culture, science and photography.
From the perspective of historical evolution, some shipping companies have been using "cruise ships", which means that many shipping companies under Carnival Cruise Group have been using "cruise ships", probably because they have several cruise brands with a long history, and Costa and MSC in Europe are also using "cruise ships"; Of course, some shipping companies use "cruise" to directly express the connotation of holiday entertainment. This shows that several shipping companies under the Royal Caribbean Group use "cruise ships" more, and they particularly emphasize the use of "cruise ships".
If the transoceanic "Guanda Cruise" is written as "Guanda Cruise" in the article, it must be that someone looks uncomfortable and can easily be understood as another company; Similarly, if it is written as a Royal Caribbean cruise, colleagues in their company will point out the typo and remind us to revise it as soon as possible; If the words used in the text are accurate, it must be that both words will appear in the text and be used back and forth. Some readers will say, I don't know about this, hahaha, what do you think Xiaoqi should do?
At this point, you can probably understand why Xiaoqi uses different words "cruise ship" and "cruise ship" to express the same meaning in the same tweet.
The boundary between these two words is getting blurred. In China, agents who entered the cruise tourism industry in the early days always used "cruise" to distinguish large ocean-going cruise ships from inland cruise ships and small cruise ships.
So it seems that there is not much difference between the two words at present. But one thing is certain: "cruise ship" must be a sea ship, and "cruise ship" covers a wider range.
In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstanding, try to use "boat" instead of "cruise ship" when writing articles.
I wonder if Xiaoqi explained it clearly?
Times are changing, things are progressing, and the use and expression of words will have different understandings. It is estimated that "cruise ship" and "cruise ship" will still be mixed together in future articles, so try to understand it, or do you have any good suggestions?