1 N-COUNT 帆 Sails are large pieces of material attached to the mast of a ship. The wind blows against the sails and pushes the ship along. 帆
SYN sheet, canvas
2 VERB (船)航行,行驶 You say a ship sails when it moves over the sea. (船)航行,行驶
3 V-ERG 驾驶(帆船);(船)扬帆行驶 If you sail a boat or if a boat sails, it moves across water using its sails. 驾驶(帆船);(船)扬帆行驶
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I shall get myself a little boat and sail her around the world. [VERB noun prep.]
我要给自己买一条小船,驾着它环游世界。
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For nearly two hundred miles she sailed on, her sails hard with ice. [VERB adv./prep.]
它在船帆硬邦邦地结满了冰的情况下连续航行了将近 200 英里。
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She sails beautifully in winds over 60 knots. [VERB]
它扬着帆以超过 60 节的船速乘风破浪。
SYN pilot, steer, helm, navigate
4 N-COUNT (风车的)翼板 The sails on a windmill are the long flat parts that are turned by the wind. (风车的)翼板
5 VERB (人、物体)轻快而迅速地移动,飘过,飞过,掠过 If a person or thing sails somewhere, they move there smoothly and fairly quickly. (人、物体)轻快而迅速地移动,飘过,飞过,掠过
SYN glide, sweep, float, shoot
7 PHRASE 启航;开船 When a ship sets sail, it leaves a port. 启航;开船
SYN put to sea, embark, get under way, put off
8 PHRASE 坐帆船;乘帆船 If you cross the sea under sail, you cross it in a ship that has sails rather than an engine. 坐帆船;乘帆船
SYN sailing, cruising, on the sea, riding the waves
9 to sail close to the wind→see: wind to take the wind out of someone's sails→see: wind
Phrasal verbs: - sail through
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