[N-COUNT 可数名词]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.
The white sails billow with the breezes they catch.
一张张白帆随着微风舞动。
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[VERB 动词](船)航行，行驶 You say a ship sails when it moves over the sea.
[V prep/adv]
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。
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]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.
[V n prep]
[V adv/prep]
[V]
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。
She sails beautifully in winds over 60 knots.
它扬着帆以超过 60 节的船速乘风破浪。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](风车的)翼板 The sails on a windmill are the long flat parts that are turned by the wind.
...a windmill, its sails turning in the breeze.
翼板在微风中转动的风车
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[VERB 动词](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.
[V prep/adv]
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。
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See also:
sailing
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[PHRASE 短语]启航；开船 When a ship sets sail, it leaves a port.
[V inflects]
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。
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[PHRASE 短语]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.
...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
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to sail close to the wind→see:
wind
； to take the wind out of someone's sails→see:
wind
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相关词组：
sail through
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sail★/seɪl; NAmEseɪl/
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sailsailssailedsailingverb★1★[intransitive , transitive ](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sailsth ◆to sail the Atlantic在大西洋上航行2★(alsogo sailing )[intransitive , transitive ]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 sailingoften? 你常去驾帆船玩吗？sailsth ◆She sails her own yacht.她驾驶自己的游艇。3[intransitive ](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。sailfor sth ◆He sailed for the West Indies from Portsmouth.他从朴次茅斯起航，向西印度群岛进发。4[intransitive ]+ 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。IDIOMsail close to the ˈwindto take a risk by doing sth that is dangerous or that may be illegal 冒大风险（干危险或可能违法的事）PHRASAL VERBˌsail ˈthrough (sth)to pass an exam, a test, etc. without any difficulty 顺利通过（考试等）noun★1★[countable , uncountable ]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。2★[singular ]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3[countable ]a set of boards attached to the arm of a windmill（风车的）翼板IDIOMset 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）。☞more at
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wind
1n.sail/seɪl; NAmEseɪl/
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sail1 verb
sail2 noun
sailsail1 /seɪl/ ●●●S3 verb
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1[intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] to travel on or across an area of water in a boat or shipsail across/into/out of etc the first Europeans to sail across the Atlantic Three tall ships sailed past. She always wanted to sail around the world.sail the Pacific/the Atlantic etc We’re taking two months off to sail the Caribbean.2[intransitive] to start a journey by boat or ship: We sail at dawn.sail for They’re sailing for Antigua next week.3[intransitive, transitive] to direct or control the movement of a boat or ship that has a sail: Blake sailed the ship safely through the narrow passage. My father taught me to sail.4[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to move quickly and smoothly through the airsail through/over/into etc A ball came sailing over the fence.5[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to move forwards gracefully and confidently: She sailed into the room.6sail close to the wind British English to do or say something that is nearly wrong, illegal, or dishonestsail through phrasal verbto succeed very easily in a test, examination etc: Adam sailed through his final exams.
sail1 verb
sail2 noun
sailsail2 ●●○ noun
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1[countable] a large piece of strong cloth fixed onto a boat, so that the wind will push the boat along: a yacht with white sailshoist/lower the sails (=put the sails up or down)2set sail to begin a journey by boat or shipsail for/from The following week the ‘Queen Elizabeth’ set sail for Jamaica.3under sail literary moving along on a ship or boat that has sails
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