词汇 | cruise |
词源 | cruise. Cruise is from the Dutch kruisen, to cross or traverse. Today it mainly means to sail about on a pleasure trip, but since 1674 it has also meant to look in a public place for a sexual partner, which is mostly said of a prostitute. |
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