ship [ʃip] n. 船,舰vt. 以船运送,装船,运送vi. 上船,乘船词形变化时 态:shipped, ship·ping, ships形容词:ship'pa·ble参考例句float a ship;float a navy.使轮船下水;使舰艇下水.They used cranes to lift the containers from the ship.他们用起重机从船上把货柜吊起来。Five men were shipped off to the Far East.五个人被派遣到远东去。The ship hit a shelf of coral.那艘船触上珊瑚礁了。Our ship tended northward.我们船驶向北面
查科林斯词典launch:2. VERBTo launch a ship or a boat means to put it into water, often for the first time after it has been built.很明显,launch (ship)一般指建好后第一次下水。