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单词 sail
释义 sail
[seɪl] verb
TRAVEL 旅行
 ADVANCED  intransitive usually + adverb or preposition
■When a boat or a ship sails, it travels on the water (船)航行,行驶
The boat sailed along/down the coast.那艘船沿着海岸航行。
As the battleship sailed by/past, everyone on deck waved.战舰驶过时,甲板上所有的人都挥手致意。
The ship was sailing to China.这艘船开往中国。
 ADVANCED  intransitive or transitive [usually + adv/prep]
■to control a boat that has no engine and is pushed by the wind 驾驶帆船
He sailed the dinghy up the river.他驾驶小游艇沿河逆流而上。
She sailed around the world single-handed in her yacht.她独自一人驾驶帆船环游了整个世界。
intransitive
■When a ship sails, it starts its journey, and when people sail from a particular place or at a particular time, they start their journey in a ship 启航,开船
Their ship sails for Bombay next Friday.他们的船下周五启航去孟买。
[seɪl] verb
MOVE QUICKLY 快速移动
intransitive + adverb or preposition
■to move quickly, easily, and (of a person) confidently 轻快地移动;(人)自信地行走
The ball went sailing over the garden fence.球飞过了花园的围栏。
He wasn't looking where he was going, and just sailed straight into her.他走路时没注意,和她撞个正着。
Manchester United sailed on (= continued easily) to victory in the final.曼联队很轻松地取得了决赛的胜利。
[seɪl] verb
sail against the wind
■to be trying to achieve something that is unlikely to succeed because most people would oppose it 逆人心而动
He's sailing against the wind in his attempt to stop women using the club.他不顾众人反对,试图阻挠女性享受这个俱乐部的服务。
[seɪl] verb
sail close to the wind
■to do something that is dangerous or only just legal or acceptable 冒风险(做危险、几近违法或逾规的事情)
You were sailing a bit close to the wind there when you made those remarks about his wife.你那么说他的妻子真是有点冒险。
[seɪl] verb
  Phrasal Verbs   sail in (also sail into sth)
■to start an activity enthusiastically 热心地开始
The children sailed into the pile of cakes and in minutes the cakes were gone.孩子兴高采烈地开始吃蛋糕,不一会儿蛋糕就吃光了。
Mary sailed in with a story about her first job.玛丽兴致勃勃地讲起有关她第一份工作的故事。
■(also sail into sb) informal
■to attack someone using words 抨击(用言语攻击某人)
The President sailed into her opponents with an angry speech.总统用激愤的言辞抨击她的对手。
[seɪl] verb
  Phrasal Verbs   sail through (sth)
■to succeed very easily in something, especially a test or examination 顺利通过(尤指考试)
Rachel sailed through with a distinction in all exam papers.瑞秋顺利地通过了所有的考试并取得了优异成绩。
[seɪl] noun
MATERIAL 材料
countable
■a sheet of material fixed to a pole on a boat to catch the wind and make the boat move 帆
to hoist/lower the sails扬/收帆
countable
■On a windmill , a sail is any of the wide blades which are turned by the wind in order to produce power. (风车的)翼板
[seɪl] noun
TRAVEL 旅行
only singular
■a journey in a boat or ship (乘船的)航行,航程
It's two days' sail/It's a two-day sail (= a journey of two days by sea) from here to the nearest island.从这里坐船到最近的岛屿需要两天航程。
set sail
■to begin a boat journey 启航,开船
We set sail from Kuwait.我们从科威特启航。
They set sail for France.他们启航驶往法国。
[seɪl] noun
under sail literary
■travelling in a boat or ship with sails 扬帆航行
After ten hours under sail, they reached dry land.经过十个小时的航行,他们抵达了陆地。
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