sail
英 [seɪl]
美[seɪl]
- vi. 航行；启航，开船
- n. 帆，篷；航行
- vt. 航行
词态变化
复数: sails;第三人称单数: sails;过去式: sailed;过去分词: sailed;现在分词: sailing;
中文词源
sail 帆，航行
来自古英语 segl,帘子，帆布，帆，来自 Proto-Germanic*segla,帘子，帆布，来自 PIE*sek,切， 砍，词源同 saw,segment.拼写比较 rail,rule,regulate.引申词义航行。
英英释意
- 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
英文词源
- sail
- sail: [OE] Sail has numerous relatives in the other Germanic languages, among them German and Swedish segel, Dutch zeil, and Danish sejl. These all come from a prehistoric Germanic *seglam, which some have traced back to an Indo-European *seklom. This was presumably formed from the same Indo-European base (*sek- ‘cut’) that produced English dissect, saw, segment, etc, and so sail may signify etymologically a piece of ‘cut’ cloth.
=> dissect, saw, segment - sail (n.)
- Old English segl "sail, veil, curtain," from Proto-Germanic *seglom (cognates: Old Saxon, Swedish segel, Old Norse segl, Old Frisian seil, Dutch zeil, Old High German segal, German Segel), of obscure origin with no known cognates outside Germanic (Irish seol, Welsh hwyl "sail" are Germanic loan-words). In some sources (Klein, OED) referred to PIE root *sek- "to cut," as if meaning "a cut piece of cloth." To take the wind out of (someone's) sails (1888) is to deprive (someone) of the means of progress, especially by sudden and unexpected action, "as by one vessel sailing between the wind and another vessel," ["The Encyclopaedic Dictionary," 1888].
- sail (v.)
- Old English segilan "travel on water in a ship; equip with a sail," from the same Germanic source as sail (n.); cognate with Old Norse sigla, Middle Dutch seghelen, Dutch zeilen, Middle Low German segelen, German segeln. Meaning "to set out on a sea voyage, leave port" is from c. 1200. Related: Sailed; sailing.
考试真题
- Steamships captured the North Atlantic passenger business from sail in the 1840s because of its much greater speed.
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- 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
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- But steamships didn't lose their sails until the 1880s, because early marine engines had a nasty habit of breaking down.
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- Until ships became large enough (and engines small enough) to mount two engines side by side, they needed to keep sails
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- James hiked, fished, learnt to sail and experimented with hot air ballooning.
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词组搭配
in (或under) full sail
with all the sails in position or fully spread
（船）满帆，全速航行
a galleon in full sail.
一艘全速前进的西班牙大帆船。
sail close to (或 near) the wind
sail as nearly against the wind as possible
迎风航行
take in sail
furl the sail or sails of a vessel
收帆
under sail
with the sails hoisted
升起帆；在航行中
at a speed of eight knots under sail.
以八节的航速航行。
sail into
To attack or criticize vigorously.
痛骂，猛击
实用场景例句
- to sail into harbour
- 驶入海港
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The trawler had sailed from the port of Zeebrugge...
- 拖网渔船已经驶离了泽布吕赫港。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
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- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a windmill, its sails turning in the breeze.
- 翼板在微风中转动的风车
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- We got into the lift and sailed to the top floor...
- 我们进了电梯，很快到了顶层。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The cabs sailed past.
- 出租车疾驰而过。
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- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the challenge and fun of going to sea under sail.
- 扬帆出海的挑战和乐趣
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a big ship under sail.
- 扬帆航行的大船
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