基本释义
- v.
- 航行，起航; 驾驶（帆船）; 飘过
- n.
- 帆; 乘船航行; 翼板
实用例句
to sail into harbour
驶入海港
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The dinghy sailed smoothly across the lake.
小艇平稳地驶过湖面。
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The ferry sails from Newhaven to Dieppe.
渡船行驶于纽黑文和迪耶普之间。
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one of the first people to sail around the world
最早进行环球航行的人之一
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to sail the Atlantic
在大西洋上航行
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We spent the weekend sailing off the south coast.
我们在南部海岸附近驾帆船度过了周末。
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Do you go sailing often?
你常去驾帆船玩吗？
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She sails her own yacht.
她驾驶自己的游艇。
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We sail at 2 p.m. tomorrow.
我们明天下午两点起航。
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He sailed for the West Indies from Portsmouth.
他从朴次茅斯起航，向西印度群岛进发。
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clouds sailing across the sky
飘过天空的云彩
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The ball sailed over the goalie's head.
球从守门员头顶飞过。
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She sailed past me, ignoring me completely.
她从我身边翩然走过，看都不看我一眼。
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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。
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a ship under sail (= using sails)
张帆行驶的船
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in the days of sail (= when ships all used sails)
在帆船时代
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She moved away like a ship in full sail (= with all its sails spread out) .
她一阵风似的走了。
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We went for a sail.
我们乘船兜了一趟风。
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The white sails billow with the breezes they catch.
一张张白帆随着微风舞动。
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。
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。
...a windmill, its sails turning in the breeze.
翼板在微风中转动的风车
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。
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。
...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
真题例句
Steamships captured the North Atlantic passenger business from sail in the 1840s because of its much greater speed.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文The high cost of steam and the lesser need for speed kept the majority of the world's ocean freight moving by sail until the early years of the 20th century
出自-2014年6月阅读原文But steamships didn't lose their sails until the 1880s, because early marine engines had a nasty habit of breaking down.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文Until ships became large enough (and engines small enough) to mount two engines side by side, they needed to keep sails
出自-2014年6月阅读原文James hiked, fished, learnt to sail and experimented with hot air ballooning.
出自-2013年12月听力原文英英释义
1. a large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
2. an ocean trip taken for pleasure
1. traverse or travel by ship on (a body of water);
"We sailed the Atlantic"
"He sailed the Pacific all alone"
2. move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions;
"The diva swept into the room"
"Shreds of paper sailed through the air"
"The searchlights swept across the sky"
3. travel in a boat propelled by wind;
"I love sailing, especially on the open sea"
4. travel by boat on a boat propelled by wind or by other means;
"The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow"