sail
美 [seɪl] 
英 [seɪl]
- n.帆；乘船航行；（风车的）翼板
- v.起航；飘；（船）航行；（人）乘船航行
- 网络赛欧；风帆；新赛欧
词形变化
复数：sails 现在分词：sailing 过去式：sailed 同义词
英汉双解
1. | [i][t] （船）航行；（人）乘船航行to travel on water using sails or an engine |
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| 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 |
| to sail the Atlantic 在大西洋上航行 |
2. | [i][t] 驾驶（或乘坐）帆船航行（尤指作为体育运动）to control or travel on a boat with a sail, especially as a sport |
| 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 sailing often? 你常去驾帆船玩吗？ |
| She sails her own yacht. 她驾驶自己的游艇。 |
3. | [i] 起航to begin a journey on water |
| We sail at 2 p.m. tomorrow. 我们明天下午两点起航。 |
| 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. | [i] + adv./prep. 掠；飘；浮游；（人）昂首而行，气宇轩昂地走to move quickly and smoothly in a particular direction; (of people) to move in a confident manner |
| 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。 |
1. | [c][u] 帆a sheet of strong cloth which the wind blows against to make a boat or ship travel through the water |
| 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. | [sing] 乘船航行a trip in a boat or ship |
| 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. | [c] （风车的）翼板a set of boards attached to the arm of a windmill |
习惯用语
sail close to the wind
冒风险（干危险或可能违法的事）to take a risk by doing sth that is dangerous or that may be illegal
set sail (from/for…)
起航；开航to begin a trip by sea
| 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）。 |
英汉解释
n. | 4. 帆形物;(风车等的)翼板;〈诗〉(鸟的)翼;(鹦鹉螺的)触手 |
v. | |
英英解释
例句
At once he began to shorten sail, to invest only in the soundest securities, and to convert all his weaker ones into cash.
他马上开始收缩资金，只投资在最可靠的证券上，并把他所有比较不可靠的证券都变成了现金。
"Do you suppose the boat will sail promptly? " asked Jessica, "if it keeps up like this? "
“你看船能准时开吗？”杰西卡问。“如果天气老是这样的话，行吗？”
A modern ship is able to sail across the Atlantic in a few days.
一艘现代化轮船可以在几天内横渡大西洋。
And could not any other seaman sail across the ocean just as he has done ?
难道其他海员就不能像他一样横跨大洋吗？
I cannot choose whether the wind is strong or weak, but I can decide how far to sail in a day, or whether to continue sailing at all.
我无法选择风的大小，但我可以决定今天是否继续航行或是航行多远。
The Greeks believed that Gibraltar was one of the Pillars of Hercules and no one dared sail beyond it.
希腊人相信直布罗陀是赫克利斯石柱之一，因而没有人胆敢驶离它的范围。
If you are not afraid of suffering, the courage to set sail against the wind and rain, the sea and the sun will be reflected on the Rainbow.
只要你不怕苦难，有勇气架起风帆抗击风雨，海面就会倒映彩虹和太阳。
He felt as ashamed as if he had, without warning her, stepped off the Cobb and set sail for China.
他深感羞愧，这好比自己事先对她没打个招呼就一步迈下防波堤，乘船到中国去了一样。
Fortunately the wind was blowing on shore from the ocean, so we were able to hoist the sail.
运气还不错，风正从大海往陆地上吹着，我们还能把船帆升起。
Boat buyers tend to overestimate how often they'll set sail and minimize how much the boat will cost.
船买家偏向于高估他们每每将解缆，裁减多少船的费用。
Therefore! His character made him in the business community to sail with the wind.
因此！他的性格也让他在商界顺风顺水。
A solar sail vessel would merely enter the stream and hitch a ride, like a paper airplane drifting into the wind made by an electric fan.
太阳帆飞船只消进入这条高速公路，然后搭车远航便是，就像是电风扇吹动纸飞机前行一样。
One idea was that it reached out to "the edge of the world. " Sailors were afraid that they might sail right off the earth.
一种想法是大西洋远抵“世界的边缘”，海员们担心他们会一直航行到地球边上掉落下去。
The boat leaves Liverpool on the fifteenth, but beFORe we set sail(FOR New York)I have to spend a few days in Scotland.
船十五号离开利物浦，但是（开往纽约）之前，我得在苏格兰呆上几天。
The teacher, if I can fly in the sky, it is you give me a pair of wings, If I can sail in the sea, that you gave me a frolic strength!
老师，假如我能搏击蓝天，那是您给了我腾飞的翅膀；假如我是击浪的勇士，那是您给了我弄潮的力量！
Thrown into the deep waters of sailing in his youth, he left with his parents to sail the Mediterranean for a year and a half.
童年时的他就曾经和父母一起在地中海进行了1次长达1年半的航行，一个真正“在水里长大的孩子”。
They took their oars and began to pull from the shore, then spread their sail, and drove merrily across the firth.
他们先摇了一阵橹使船离岸，接着扬起帆，驾着小船欢乐地渡过河口。
But do you think, " said Lucy, " Aslan's country would be that sort of country - I mean, the sort you could ever sail to?
你看，“露茜说，”阿斯兰的国土是那种——我意思是说，乘船能找到的国土吗？
so that, by the time the captain's party was ready to sail, there were several other whaling vessels on the point of starting.
于是，到船长的捕鲸队准备停当的时候，几艘其他的捕鲸船也正要出发了。
The men were able to steer the raft, but they could not sail against the wind.
舵手很容易操纵救生筏，但是他们不能在逆风中航行。
He felt as ashamed as if he had, without warning her, stepped off the Cobb and set sail for China.
他深感羞愧，这好比自己事先对她没打个招呼就一步迈下防波堤，乘船到中国去了一样。
I found myself, willy-nilly, alchemized into an American the moment I touched French sail.
当我双脚踏上法国的土地那一刻，我发现自己已经身不由己地变为了美国人。
At last he chanced to sail back towards the place from which he had started.
最后他碰巧又回到了他出发的地方。
We clapped on more sail, to take advantage of the fresh wind.
我们利用那股强风，把篷帆张得更足。
A sail draws by being properly trimmed and filled with wind.
船帆经调准适应风向后便扯满风。
He only needed the feel of the trade wind and the drawing of the sail.
他只需要感觉到贸易风和帆的牵引。
The winds sail his ships and work his mills and engines.
风吹动他的船，推动他的磨和机器。
There's a storm coming, so let's sheet in the sail.
暴风雨要来了，咱们收帆吧。
Boats sail on the water.
船在水面上行驶。
We set sail from Bristol, May 4th, 1699, and our voyage at first was very prosperous.
1699年5月4日，我们从布利斯脱开船，我们的航行最初是很顺利的。
My brother has had a long run on the hills, and a pleasant sail on the water.
我的兄弟在山上跑了半天，又在湖里舒舒服服地游荡了一会。
The boat, ready, waiting and capable of transporting you to new shores, is also clearly visible, though the sail has not yet been raised.
船，已就位，等待着、且有能力将你们转移至新的海岸，这也是显而易见的，即使帆还没有升起来。
Social workers in the Netherlands are trying to stop a 13-year-old girl from pursuing her dream to sail around the world on her own.
荷兰社会工作者试图阻止一名13岁的小女孩实现其独自航行世界的梦想。
A mouse told his mother, "I will sail where the wind blows . " "Blow me a kiss, " Said his mother.
一个小鼠对他的妈妈说，“我将在和风的带动下航行。”“那带给我一个吻。”小鼠妈妈说。
"It was just a wish, " said Penny wistfully. "We could sail away. There are ships again, now that the war is over. "
“我说的只是愿景，”佩妮惆怅地说。“我们可以乘帆远行。只要战争结束，到时候就会有船了。”
He gave up all the hope when the appearance of a distant sail raised his hope of rescue.
他绝望了，正在此时，他见到远方的帆影，有了绝处逢生的希望。
"If you become a tree, " said the little bunny, "I will become a little sailboat, And I will sail away from you, "
“如果你变成大树，”小兔子说，“我就变成小船，扬帆远航。”
You want to jump in the car and sail down the highway with all the windows down and your hair flapping in the wind.
于是你想要跳进车中，沿着高速公路行驶，车窗大敞，头发随风飘荡。
They went for a sail around the island as soon as they got to the coastal city.
他们一到那座海滨城市就乘船去环岛游览。
Last December, a court ruled that Laura could remain with her father, despite his support for her plan to sail solo round the world.
去年12月，法院规定laura可以和她的父亲在一起，尽管他支持她单独环游世界的航程！
To sail on the sea on a stormy night like this was a great risk but the crew was determined to take the bull by the horns .
在这样的大风大雨的夜晚出海航行是很冒险的，但船员们决心顶着风浪上。
Spend all day sailing to the start of Laolongtou and thereafter camp out the night and then sail back the next day.
长城探险为期2天：白天航行到老龙头长城，晚上在沙滩上露营，第二天返回。
Sail the boat of life through rapids and dangerous shoals towards the Faramita of your wishes, no matter how winding the sea-route is.
别管航道曲折蜿蜒，让生命之舟穿过激流险滩，驶向理想的彼岸。
We had not yet decided whether we were up to a two-day sail up the Nile in a 20-foot wooden boat called a felucca1.
我们还没有下定决心是不是要乘坐一种长约20英尺、叫做“三桅小帆船”的木船沿尼罗河航行两天。
Use your front hand to pull the mast across the centerline and into the wind, until you look through the sail window.
前面那只手把桅杆拉过中心线，让风进来，直到你可以看见风帆上的窗口为止。
It seems to sail in the autumn clouds on an end- less quest and to bloom into evening flowers, seeking its lost moment in the sunset.
我要对她讲的话，仿佛秋天的行云，无止无息地四处追寻，又仿佛变成了黄昏时盛开的花儿，在落霞间寻找它已失去的时光。
By the time they raised sail she had locked herself in her cabin with her dog and her pig, but at night they could hear her weeping.
一直到他们扬帆起航前她一直把自己锁在舱里，和她的狗猪呆在一块，但是晚上他们能听到她的啜泣声。
Shall we then allow him to sail out unharmed, or shall we first take away from him that which he brought with him?
我们是应该放他出海，不加伤害，还是应该先把他带来的一切都没收？
He did not need a compass to tell him where southwest was. He only needed the feel of the trade wind and the drawing of the sail.
他不需要罗盘针来告诉他西南方在哪里，而只要靠着贸易风吹来时的感觉，以及风帆被吹动时摇曳的情形就知道了。
His shirt had been patched so many times that it was like the sail and the patches were faded to many different shades by the sun.
他的衬衫上不知打了多少次补丁，弄得像他那张帆一样，这些补丁被阳光晒得褪成了许多深浅不同的颜色。
Then be dove suddenly and the old man saw flying fish spurt out of the water and sail desperately over the surface.
然后它突然间往下伏冲，老人看见飞鱼从水中跳出来，拼命地掠过水面。
