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- sail [sel] [seɪl]
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- 1. noun 帆，篷
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2.
noun
帆[总称]
- Hoist the sails as the wind starts blowing.
- 起风了时把帆升起来。
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3.
noun
船；尤指：帆船
- 4. noun 航行；乘船旅行
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5.
noun
帆状物（如风车的翼板等）
- 6. vi. 行驶
- 7. vi. 航行；乘船旅行
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8.
vi.
起航
- 9. vi. 驾驶船只
- 10. vi. 翱翔
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11.
vi.
平稳地行进
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12.
vi.
[verbal]
疾行
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13.
vi.
[American English]
[verbal]
劲头十足地开始进行某事（into）
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14.
vi.
[American English]
[verbal]
痛骂，攻击，殴打（某人）（与into 连用）
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15.
vt.
航行
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16.
vt.
驾驶（船只）
Collins English-English Dictionary
- sail [seɪl]
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1.
n
an area of fabric, usually Terylene or nylon (formerly canvas), with fittings for holding it in any suitable position to catch the wind, used for propelling certain kinds of vessels, esp over water
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2.
n
a voyage on such a vessel
- a sail down the river
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3.
n
a vessel with sails or such vessels collectively
- to travel by sail
- we raised seven sail in the northeast
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4.
n
a ship's sails collectively
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5.
n
something resembling a sail in shape, position, or function, such as the part of a windmill that is turned by the wind or the part of a Portuguese man-of-war that projects above the water
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6.
n
the conning tower of a submarine
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7.
vb
[mainly intr]
to travel in a boat or ship
- we sailed to Le Havre
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8.
vb
to begin a voyage; set sail
- we sail at 5 o'clock
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9.
vb
(of a vessel) to move over the water
- the liner is sailing to the Caribbean
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10.
vt.
[tr]
to manoeuvre or navigate a vessel
- he sailed the schooner up the channel
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11.
vt.
[tr]
to sail over
- she sailed the Atlantic single-handed
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12.
vt.
[
often foll by over, through,etc ] to move fast or effortlessly- we sailed through customs
- the ball sailed over the fence
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13.
vt.
to move along smoothly; glide
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14.
vt.
[
often foll by inor into] [informal] to begin (something) with vigour -
15.
vt.
to make an attack (on) violently with words or physical force
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16.
vt.
[Etymology]
Old English segl; related to Old Frisian seil, Old Norse segl, German Segel
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1.
n
an area of fabric, usually Terylene or nylon (formerly canvas), with fittings for holding it in any suitable position to catch the wind, used for propelling certain kinds of vessels, esp over water
Examples
- to sail for {or} to set sail for
- 起航前往 → sail
- From that point to the north onward, the river is not deep enough for his ship to sail.
- 从河的那一点向北，水深不足以让他的船驶过。 → sail
- How many days' sail is it from Japan to China?
- 从日本到中国的航程是多少天？ → sail
- I want to learn how to rig the sail the next time we go boating.
- 下次我们去划船时，我要学习如何安装船帆。 → sail
- His boat is very distinctive: the sail is a brilliant blue color, as opposed to white as most boats normally have.
- 他的船很显眼，明亮的蓝色船帆与大多数有白色船帆的船截然不同。 → brilliant
- Currently you can only sail on one branch of the river.
- 现在你只能在这条河的支流上航行。 → branch
- Two Cubans who tried to sail to Florida in a converted boat last year are making another attempt, this time piloting an old floating car.
- 那两个古巴人，去年想要开艘改装的小船横渡到佛罗里达去，这次又尝试起改装破旧的浮动车来实行横渡计划了。
- to set sail
- 起航 → sail
- the belly of a sail → belly
- masthead sail → masthead
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