ail
n
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(a) [C] (often in compounds 常用以構(gòu)成復(fù)合詞) sheet of canvas spread to catch the wind and drive a ship or boat along 帆
hoist/lower the sails 揚[下]帆
the `foresail 前桅帆
the `mainsail 主帆.
(b) [U] sails; propulsion by means of sails 帆(總稱); (揚帆)航行
put on more sail 多扯起些帆
take in sail 收回些帆
the age of sail, ie when ships all used sails 帆船時代.
2 [sing]
(a) voyage or excursion on water for pleasure 航行游覽
go for a sail 乘船游玩.
(b) voyage of a specified length 航程
a three-day sail to get to Brest 到布雷斯特的三天航程
How many days' sail is it from Hull to Oslo? 從赫爾到奧斯陸有幾天的航程?
3 [C] (pl unchanged 復(fù)數(shù)不變) (nautical 海) ship 船
a fleet of twenty sail 有二十艘船的船隊
There wasn't a sail in sight. 一條船也看不見.
4 [C] set of slats attached to the arm of a windmill to catch the wind 風(fēng)車的翼板. =>illus at windmill 見windmill插圖.
5 (idm 習(xí)語) crowdon sail =>crowd2. in full sail => full. set sail (from/to/for...) begin a voyage 起航
We set sail (for France) at high tide. 我們在漲潮時起航(去法國). take the wind out of sb's sails => wind1. under `sail (moving) with sails spread 揚著帆(行進)
The yacht wasn't under sail because the wind wasn't strong enough. 風(fēng)不夠大, 賽艇未能揚起風(fēng)帆.
sail v
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(a) [Ipr, Ip]
travel on water in a ship, yacht, etc using sails or engine power; move forward on ice, a sandy beach, etc in a wheeled vehicle with sails (乘船或機帆船、 游艇等)作水上旅行; (坐帶帆的輪式運載工具)在冰上或沙灘上滑行
sail up/along the coast 向[沿]海岸航行
sail into the harbour 駛?cè)牒8?
an oil tanker sailing by 駛過的油輪.
(b) [I] (usu 通常作 go sailing) travel on water in a boat with sails, esp as a sport 乘帆船航行; (尤指)帆船運動. =>Usage at travel 用法見travel.
2 [I, Ipr] ~ (from...) (for/to...) (of a ship or the crew and passengers) begin a voyage (指船或船員和乘客)起航
When does the ship sail? 這船何時起航?
He has sailed (from Southampton) for New York. 他已乘船(從南安普頓)去紐約了.
3 [Tn] travel by ship across or on (a sea, an ocean, etc) 乘船在(海洋等)上或越過(海洋等)旅行
sail the Aegean in a cruiser 乘游艇在愛琴海上旅游.
4 [I, Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
(be able to) control (a ship or boat) (能)駕駛(船)
Do you sail? 你會駕駛船嗎?
She sails her own yacht. 她駕駛自己的游艇.
He sailed the boat between the islands. 他駕駛著船在兩島之間航行.
5 (idm 習(xí)語) run/sail before the wind => wind 1. sail close/near to the `wind behave in a way that is dangerous or nearly illegal 干危險或近乎違法的事
He never actually tells lies, but he often sails pretty close to the wind. 他實際上從不撒謊, 但說的話常跡近撒謊.
6 (phr v) sail across, into, past, etc sb/sth move in a smooth or very confident way in the direction specified 順利地或極有信心地沿某方向行進
clouds sailing across the sky 輕快地飄過天空的云彩
The manager sailed into the room. 經(jīng)理神態(tài)自若地走進房間.
She sailed past (me), ignoring me completely. 她從我身旁翩然走過, 全然不理會我. sail in enter an argument or dispute energetically 參與激烈爭論或辯論
Ann then sailed in with a furious attack on the chairman. 安隨後嚴(yán)詞抨擊董事長. sail into sb attack sb in words 抨擊某人
He sailed into the witness, accusing him of lying. 他指責(zé)證人撒謊. sail through (sth) come through (an examination, a test, etc) wi...
?? 擴展釋義
*[seil]n. 帆, 篷, 帆船, 航程, 帆狀物vi. 航行, 啟航, 張帆而行vt. 航行于, 駕船【法】 航行, 航海, 駛行; 航行, 航海, 駛行相關(guān)詞組: lower one's sail make sail sail about sail in sail into sail through set sail strike sail take in sail under sail in sail