navigate
/ˈnævɪgeɪt/verb
1
- no obj. plan and direct the route or course of a ship, aircraft, or other form of transport, especially by using instruments or maps（尤指利用仪表或地图）导航, 领航：
they navigated by the stars.
他们靠星星导航。
1.1
- no obj., with adverbial of direction travel on a desired course after planning a route沿所需航线航行：
he taught them how to navigate across the oceans.
他教他们怎样在海中航行。
1.2
- (of an animal or bird) find its way, especially over a long distance（尤指动物、鸟类在远距离迁移、飞行中）确定方向：
whales use their own inbuilt sonar system to navigate.
鲸鱼用自身的声呐系统确定航行方向。
1.3
- (of a passenger in a vehicle) assist the driver by map-reading and planning a route（乘客）给驾驶员指引路线。
1.4
- Computing move around a website, file, the Internet, etc.【计算机】浏览（网站、文件、因特网等）, 导航。
2
- with obj. sail or travel over (a stretch of water or terrain), especially carefully or with difficulty（尤指小心、艰难地）在…上航行（或行驶）：
ships had been lost while navigating the narrows.
有船只在穿越海峡时失事。
2.1
- no obj.(of a ship or boat) sail; proceed（船只）航行：
with adverbial of direction we sailed out surrounded by loose ice while navigating around larger grounded icebergs.我们的船从散冰块中间出发, 在更大的连底冰山周围航行。
2.2
- guide (a vessel or vehicle) over a specified route or terrain为（船只, 车辆）领航, 导航：
she navigated the car safely through the traffic.
她驾汽车安全地通过了车流。
2.3
- make one's way with difficulty over (a route or terrain)（艰难地）走过, 经过：
the drivers skilfully navigated a twisting and muddy course.
司机们娴熟地驶过曲折泥泞的路。
2.4
- informal guide or steer (someone), especially through a crowd〈非正式〉（尤指穿过人群）带人找路。
词源
late 16th cent. （in the sense 'travel in a ship'）： from Latin navigat- 'sailed', from the verb navigare, from navis 'ship' + agere 'drive'.