邮船 (yóu chuán) — ocean liner, mail steamer (a large ship that carries mail and passengers on regular transoceanic routes)

Definition

Examples

• 他乘坐邮船横渡大西洋。
  Tā chéng zuò yóu chuán héng dù dà xī yáng.
  He crossed the Atlantic Ocean on an ocean liner.
• 这艘邮船每周往返于上海和纽约之间。
  Zhè sōu yóu chuán měi zhōu wǎng fǎn yú shàng hǎi hé niǔ yuē zhī jiān.
  This ocean liner makes weekly round trips between Shanghai and New York.
• 邮船在19世纪是重要的交通工具。
  yóu chuán Zài 19 shì jì shì zhòng yào de jiāo tōng gōng jù.
  Ocean liners were an important means of transportation in the 19th century.