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🔑 sailBrE /seɪl/NAmE /seɪl/ verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they sail BrE /seɪl/ NAmE /seɪl/present simple - he / she / it sails BrE /seɪlz/ NAmE /seɪlz/past simple sailed BrE /seɪld/ NAmE /seɪld/past participle sailed BrE /seɪld/ NAmE /seɪld/ -ing form sailing BrE /ˈseɪlɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈseɪlɪŋ/🔑 [I, T] (of a boat or ship or the people on it 船或船上的人) to travel on water using sails or an engine （船）航行；（人）乘船航行◆(+ adv./prep.) to sail into harbour 驶入海港◆The dinghy sailed smoothly across the lake. 小艇平稳地驶过湖面。◆The ferry sails from Newhaven to Dieppe. 渡船行驶于纽黑文和迪耶普之间。◆one of the first people to sail around the world 最早进行环球航行的人之一◆~ sthto sail the Atlantic 在大西洋上航行🔑 (also go sailing) [I, T] to control or travel on a boat with a sail, especially as a sport 驾驶（或乘坐）帆船航行（尤指作为体育运动）◆We spent the weekend sailing off the south coast. 我们在南部海岸一带驾帆船度过了周末。◆Do you go sailing often? 你常去驾帆船玩吗？◆~ sthShe sails her own yacht. 她驾驶自己的游艇。 [I] (of a boat or ship or the people in it 船只或船上的人) to begin a journey on water 起航◆We sail at 2 p.m. tomorrow. 我们明天下午两点起航。◆~ for sthHe sailed for the West Indies from Portsmouth. 他从朴次茅斯起航，向西印度群岛进发。 [I] + adv./prep. to move quickly and smoothly in a particular direction; (of people) to move in a confident manner 掠；飘；浮游；（人）昂首而行，气宇轩昂地走◆clouds sailing across the sky 飘过天空的云彩◆The ball sailed over the goalie's head. 球从守门员头顶飞过。◆She sailed past, ignoring me completely. 她翩然而过，看都不看我一眼。 ●sail close to the ˈwindto take a risk by doing sth that is dangerous or that may be illegal 冒风险（干危险或可能违法的事） ●ˌsail ˈthrough (sth)to pass an exam, a test, etc. without any difficulty 顺利通过（考试等） 🔑 sailBrE /seɪl/NAmE /seɪl/ noun🔑 [C, U] a sheet of strong cloth which the wind blows against to make a boat or ship travel through the water 帆◆As the boat moved down the river the wind began to fill the sails. 船顺河而下，风逐渐胀满了帆。◆a ship under sail (= using sails) 张帆行驶的船◆in the days of sail (= when ships all used sails) 在帆船时代◆She moved away like a ship in full sail (= with all its sails spread out). 她一阵风似的走了。🔑 [sing.] a trip in a boat or ship 乘船航行◆We went for a sail. 我们乘船兜了一趟风。◆a two-hour sail across the bay 横渡海湾的两小时航程 [C] a set of boards attached to the arm of a windmill （风车的）翼板●set ˈsail (from/for…)(formal) to begin a trip by sea 起航；开航◆a liner setting sail from New York 自纽约起航的邮轮◆We set sail (for France) at high tide.我们在涨潮时起航（前往法国）。●ˌtrim your ˈsailsto arrange the sails of a boat to suit the wind so that the boat moves faster 随风扬帆；见风转舵to reduce your costs 减少开支；削减费用●take the ˈwind out of sb's sails(informal) to make sb suddenly less confident or angry, especially when you do or say sth that they do not expect 出其不意地打击某人的信心；突然减轻某人的怒气 |