sail是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 When a boat or a ship sails, it travels on the water. -- （船）航行，行駛

  • The boat sailed along/down the coast. 那艘船沿著海岸航行。

  • As the battleship sailed by/past, everyone on deck waved. 戰艦駛過時，甲板上所有的人都揮手致意。

  • The ship was sailing to China. 這艘船開往中國。

  • He sailed the dinghy up the river. 他駕駛小遊艇沿河逆流而上。

  • She sailed around the world single-handed in her yacht. 她獨自一人駕駛帆船環遊了整個世界。

  • Their ship sails for Bombay next Friday. 他們的船下週五啓航去孟買。

• 1 to move quickly, easily, and (of a person) confidently -- 輕快地移動；（人）自信地行走

  • The ball went sailing over the fence. 球飛過了花園的圍欄。

  • He wasn't looking where he was going, and just sailed straight into her. 他走路時沒注意，和她撞個正著。

  • Manchester United sailed on (= continued easily) to victory in the final. 曼聯隊很輕鬆地取得了決賽的勝利。

• 2 a sheet of material attached to a pole on a boat to catch the wind and make the boat move -- 帆

  • to hoist/lower the sails 揚／收帆

• 3 a journey by 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. 從這裡坐船到最近的島嶼需要兩天航程。

  • We set sail from Kuwait. 我們從科威特啓航。

  • They set sail for France. 他們啓航駛往法國。