乘[chéng] 基本解释：
新英汉大词典：
- 乘[chéng]
- 动词- （用交通工具或牲畜代替步行; 乘坐） ride:
ride in a bus; go by bus;乘公共汽车
travel by train [plane, ship, boat];乘火车[飞机，海轮，船] 旅行
- （趁; 乘便，乘机; 利用条件、机会等） take advantage of; avail oneself of:take the enemy unawares;乘敌不备
no crack to get in by; no loophole to exploit无隙可乘
- {数} （进行乘法运算） multiply:Five times three is fifteen.; 5 multiplied by 3 is 15.5乘3等于15。
- （追逐） pursue; chase - 名词- （佛教的教派或教义） a main division of Buddhist schools:
Mahayana; Great Vehicle;大乘
Hinayana; Little Vehicle小乘
- （姓氏） a surname:Cheng Chang乘昌
- 乘[shèng]
- 名词- （通称一般史书） historical works:
history; annals;史乘
unofficial history野乘
- {史} （古代称四匹马拉的车，一辆为一乘） a war chariot drawn by four horses:a state with a thousand chariots千乘之国
以上内容来源于：《新汉英大辞典》
例句与用法：
Can I hitch a ride with you?
Multiply y by infinity.
To ride in an aeroplane you have to book in advance.
We took a ship by waterway to travel.
My son began to study multiplication when he was six.
He hitched south towards Italy, and thence into France.
We can hitch a ride to London on a lorry.
Four multiplied by seven is twenty-eight.
乘的其他解释: