sail
sail
英[seɪl]美[seɪl]
v.航行，起航，驾驶（帆船），飘过；
n.帆，乘船航行，翼板；
复数：sails;
第三人称单数：sails;
过去式：sailed;
过去分词：sailed;
现在分词：sailing;
例句
The ship set sail for Europe.这艘船启航去欧洲。
We set sail at high tide.我们在涨潮时启航。
A powered vessel should give way to sail—it is an unwritten rule of the sea.机动船在遇到帆船时必须让其先行, 这是一条不成文的航海规则。
When does the ship sail?这艘船何时起航?
Do you know how to sail the boat?你知道怎样驾驶这艘船吗?
The fishing boats were 15 sail in number.那些渔船的数量是十五艘。
This port is within two days' sail of New York.这个港口离纽约的航程不到两天。
Let's go for a sail this afternoon.今天下午我们乘船出游吧。
The ship was in full sail.该船正满帆而行。
The men took in sail when the storm approached.水手们在暴风雨来临时落下了船帆。
英语六级真题
James hiked, fished, learnt to sail and experimented with hot air ballooning.
出自-2013年12月听力原文柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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.
例句
The white sails billow with the breezes they catch.一张张白帆随着微风舞动。VERB
(船)航行，行驶
You say a ship sails when it moves over the sea.
例句
The trawler had sailed from the port of Zeebrugge...拖网渔船已经驶离了泽布吕赫港。The Kruzenshtern is expected to sail for Boston this week.“克鲁森施滕”号预计将于本星期启航前往波士顿。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.
例句
I shall get myself a little boat and sail her around the world...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...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。N-COUNT
(风车的)翼板
The sails on a windmill are the long flat parts that are turned by the wind.
例句
...a windmill, its sails turning in the breeze.翼板在微风中转动的风车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.
例句
We got into the lift and sailed to the top floor...我们进了电梯，很快到了顶层。The cabs sailed past.出租车疾驰而过。PHRASE
启航;开船
When a ship sets sail, it leaves a port.
例句
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.克里斯托弗·哥伦布从圣玛丽亚启航前往新大陆。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.
例句
...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.扬帆航行的大船英汉词典释义
n.
帆
The men took in sail when the storm approached.水手们在暴风雨来临时落下了船帆。The ship was in full sail.该船正满帆而行。航行游览
Let's go for a sail this afternoon.今天下午我们乘船出游吧。航程
This port is within two days' sail of New York.这个港口离纽约的航程不到两天。船
The fishing boats were 15 sail in number.那些渔船的数量是十五艘。（风车的）翼板
vt.
驾驶
Do you know how to sail the boat?你知道怎样驾驶这艘船吗?vi.
起航, 开船；坐船旅行, 航行
When does the ship sail?这艘船何时起航?We sailed the Atlantic in five days.我们用了五天时间乘船驶过了大西洋。掠，飘，浮游；（人）昂首而行，气宇轩昂地走
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
2. an ocean trip taken for pleasure
Verb
1. traverse or travel by ship on (a body of water);
"We sailed the Atlantic""He sailed the Pacific all alone"2. move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions;
"The diva swept into the room""Shreds of paper sailed through the air""The searchlights swept across the sky"3. travel in a boat propelled by wind;
"I love sailing, especially on the open sea"4. travel by boat on a boat propelled by wind or by other means;
"The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow"行业词典
体育： 持航时间；驶帆；驾帆；带伞飞翔；航行；
