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. 这艘船驶往中国。

  • He sailed the dinghy up the river. 他驾驶着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周游了整个世界。

  • Their ship sails for Bombay next Friday. 他们的船下周五启航去孟买。

• 1 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 fence. 球飞过了花园的围栏。

  • He wasn't looking where he was going, and just sailed straight into her. 他走路时没有注意，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。

• 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 扬／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. 从这里坐船到最近的岛屿需要航行两天。

  • 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。