♦ cruise

♦ cruise
♦ cruise /kru:z/
n.
1 (tur.) crociera: to go on a cruise, andare in crociera; fare una crociera; a world cruise, una crociera intorno al mondo; cruise ship (o cruise liner) nave da crociera
2 giro (in battello, ecc.): to take a cruise around the canals, fare un giro dei canali
3 (naut., aeron.) crociera: (aeron.) cruise speed, velocità di crociera
4 (scient.) campagna: surveying cruise, campagna idrografica
● (autom.) cruise control, controllo automatico della velocità di crociera □ (mil.) cruise missile, missile cruise; missile da crociera.
(to) cruise /kru:z/
A v. i.
1 (naut.) navigare (senza una meta precisa): to cruise around the Greek islands, girare per le isole greche
2 (tur.) andare in crociera; fare una crociera
3 (naut.) (di nave) incrociare
4 (aeron.) volare a velocità di crociera
5 (autom.) andare, viaggiare a velocità moderata: We cruised past the bus, abbiamo superato l'autobus a velocità moderata; I heard a car cruise by, sentii passare un'auto
6 girare (in auto o a piedi) senza una meta precisa; gironzolare: We cruised through the streets of the old town, abbiamo gironzolato per le strade della città vecchia
7 (di taxi) girare in cerca di clienti
8 (di auto della polizia) essere di pattuglia; essere in perlustrazione
9 (slang USA) prendersela comoda
10 (fam., spec. di gay) fare approcci discreti
B v. t.
1 (naut.) navigare per; navigare lungo (un fiume, ecc.)
2 (tur.) fare un giro (in battello, ecc.) per; fare una crociera in: to cruise the Amsterdam canals, fare un giro in battello lungo i canali di Amsterdam; to cruise the Caribbean, fare una crociera nei Caraibi
3 girare (in auto o a piedi) per; gironzolare per
4 (fam.) girare, fare un giro di (un quartiere, bar, ecc., in cerca di divertimento o avventure sessuali)
5 (fam., spec. di gay) fare approcci discreti con
● (fam.) to be cruising for a bruising, aver voglia di fare a botte; (anche) essere in cerca di guai.

English-Italian dictionary. 2013.

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