luxury liner

Thân thiện

The luxury liner sails across the calm blue sea.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A passenger ship designed and operated for high-comfort, leisurely travel: A "luxury liner" is a large ship, typically an ocean liner, that is specifically outfitted to provide passengers with exceptionally comfortable, elegant, and often opulent accommodations and amenities during a voyage.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • They spent their honeymoon cruising the Mediterranean on a famous luxury liner.
  • The retired luxury liner was once the most glamorous ship on the Atlantic crossing.

Advanced Usage

• The term often evokes a bygone era of transoceanic travel characterized by formal dinners, grand ballrooms, and impeccable service, distinct from modern mass-market cruise ships, though the terms are sometimes used interchangeably.
• It can be used metaphorically to describe something that provides a similar level of sumptuous comfort.
  • The new executive offices are a veritable luxury liner compared to our old workspace.

Variants and Related Words

• Ocean liner (n): A large ship designed to transport passengers across oceans on a regular schedule; a luxury liner is a type of ocean liner focused on comfort.
• Cruise ship (n): A passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, often stopping at various ports. While modern cruise ships are luxurious, "luxury liner" often refers to the classic, scheduled transatlantic ships.
• Flagship (n): The finest, largest, or most important ship of a shipping line, which is often a luxury liner.

Synonyms

• Passenger liner: A ship carrying passengers on a regular line.
• Ocean greyhound (archaic/literary): A fast ocean liner.

Related Phrases

• To travel by luxury liner: To take a voyage on such a ship.
  • Before commercial flights, the wealthy would travel by luxury liner.

Related Idioms

Học thuật

Noun

1. a liner equipped for sumptuous living

Từ đồng nghĩa

• express luxury liner