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单词 sail
释义
sail
sl seɪl
Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense sails, present participle sailing, past tense , past participle sailed
1 N-COUNT Sails are large pieces of material attached to the mast of a ship. The wind blows against the sails and pushes the ship along.
  • The white sails billow with the breezes they catch.

    一张张白帆随着微风舞动。

SYN sheet, canvas
2 VERB ()航行,行驶 You say a ship sails when it moves over the sea. ()航行,行驶
  • The trawler had sailed from the port of Zeebrugge. [VERB prep./adv.]

    拖网渔船已经驶离了泽布吕赫港。

  • The Kruzenshtern is expected to sail for Boston this week. [VERB prep./adv.]

    克鲁森施滕号预计将于本星期启航前往波士顿。

3 V-ERG 驾驶(帆船);()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);()扬帆行驶
  • 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。

  • 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。

  • 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
  • ...a windmill, its sails turning in the breeze.

    翼板在微风中转动的风车

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
  • We got into the lift and sailed to the top floor. [VERB prep./adv.]

    我们进了电梯,很快到了顶层。

  • The cabs sailed past. [VERB prep./adv.]

    出租车疾驰而过。

SYN glide, sweep, float, shoot
6 See also: sailing 
7 PHRASE 启航;开船 When a ship sets sail, it leaves a port. 启航;开船
  • He loaded his vessel with another cargo and set sail.

    他给自己的船装上另一批货后便启航了。

  • Christopher Columbus set sail for the New World in the Santa Maria. [+ for]

    克里斯托弗·哥伦布从圣玛丽亚启航前往新大陆。

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
  • ...the challenge and fun of going to sea under sail.

    扬帆出海的挑战和乐趣

  • ...a big ship under sail.

    扬帆航行的大船

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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