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sail/seil/ n. & v.●n. 1 a piece of material (originally canvas, now usu. nylon etc.) extended on rigging to catch the wind and propel a boat or ship 帆，篷 2 a ship's sails collectively (总称)船帆 3a a voyage or excursion in a sailing ship (乘坐帆船的)航行，航程 b a voyage of specified duration (时限确定的)航行 4 a ship, esp. as discerned from its sails (尤指可从帆上辨识出的)帆船 5 (collect. 集合名词) ships in a squadron or company (总称)船只，船队 a fleet of twenty sail 20 只船的船队 6 (in pl. 用复数) Brit. Naut. [英]【海】a slang a maker or repairer of sails [俚语]制帆工，修帆工 b hist. a chief petty officer in charge of rigging [史义]帆具官 7 a wind-catching apparatus, usu. a set of boards, attached to the arm of a windmill (尤指装在风车上的)帆状物，翼板 8a the dorsal fin of a sailfish (旗鱼的)脊鳍 b the tentacle of a nautilus (鹦鹉螺的)触手 c the float of a Portuguese man-of-war (僧帽水母的)浮器 ●v. 1 intr. travel on water by the use of sails or engine power (用风帆或机动力)航行 2 tr.a navigate (a ship etc.) 驾驶(船等) b travel on (a sea) (在海上)航行 3 tr. set (a toy boat) afloat 使(玩具船)漂浮 4 intr. glide or move smoothly or in a stately manner (轻快或优雅地)滑翔，移动 5 intr. (often foll. by 常后跟 through) colloq. succeed easily [口]轻易取胜 sailed through the exams 轻易通过考试 □ sail close to (or near) the wind 1 sail as nearly against the wind as possible 逆风航行，切风(几乎逆风)行驶 2 come close to indecency or dishonesty; risk overstepping the mark 几乎犯法，几乎逾规 □ sail into colloq. attack physically or verbally with force [口]猛击；痛骂，辱骂 □ take in sail 1 furl the sail or sails of a vessel 收起船帆，卷起船帆 2 moderate one's ambitions 克制野心 □ under sail with sails set 扬帆行驶，航行中 □ sailable adj.□ sailed adj. (also in comb. 亦用于复合词)□ sailless adj.[Old English segel, from Germanic] |