Sail

[seɪl]

解释:

(noun.) a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel.

(noun.) any structure that resembles a sail.

(verb.) traverse or travel on (a body of water); 'We sailed the Atlantic'; 'He sailed the Pacific all alone'.

(verb.) travel on water propelled by wind; 'I love sailing, especially on the open sea'; 'the ship sails on' .

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解释:

(n.) An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water.

(n.) Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail.

(n.) A wing; a van.

(n.) The extended surface of the arm of a windmill.

(n.) A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.

(n.) A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water.

(n.) To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by the action of steam or other power.

(n.) To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl.

(n.) To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton.

(n.) To set sail; to begin a voyage.

(n.) To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird.

(v. t.) To pass or move upon, as in a ship, by means of sails; hence, to move or journey upon (the water) by means of steam or other force.

(v. t.) To fly through; to glide or move smoothly through.

(v. t.) To direct or manage the motion of, as a vessel; as, to sail one's own ship.

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同义词及近义词:

v. n. [1]. Make sail, put to sea, get under way, set sail.[2]. Plough the deep, plough the waves.

v. a. Navigate.

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解释:

n. a sheet of canvas &c. spread to catch the wind by which a ship is driven forward: a ship or ships: a trip in a vessel: a fleet: arm of a windmill: speed: a journey.—v.i. to be moved by sails: to go by water: to begin a voyage: to glide or float smoothly along.—v.t. to navigate: to pass in a ship: to fly through.—adj. Sail′able navigable.—n. Sail′-boat a boat propelled by a sail.—adjs. Sail′-borne; Sail′-broad (Milt.) broad or spreading like a sail.—n. Sail′-cloth a strong cloth for sails.—adj. Sailed having sails set.—ns. Sail′er a sailor: a boat or ship with respect to its mode of sailing or its speed; Sail′-fish the basking shark: the quill-back; Sail′-fluke the whiff; Sail′-hoop a mast-hoop; Sail′ing act of sailing: motion of a vessel on water: act of directing a ship's course: the term applied to the different ways in which the path of a ship at sea and the variations of its geographical position are represented on paper as great circle sailing Mercator's sailing middle latitude sailing oblique sailing parallel sailing plane sailing; Sail′ing-ice an ice-pack through which a sailing-vessel can force her way.—n.pl. Sail′ing-instruc′tions written directions by the officer of a convoy to the masters of ships under his care.—n. Sail′ing-mas′ter a former name for the navigating officer of a war-ship.—adj. Sail′less destitute of sails.—ns. Sail′-liz′ard a large lizard having a crested tail; Sail′-loft a loft where sails are cut out and made; Sail′-māk′er a maker of sails: in the United States navy an officer who takes charge of the sails; Sail′or one who sails in or navigates a ship: a seaman; Sail′or-fish a sword-fish; Sail′or-man a seaman; Sail′or-plant the strawberry geranium; Sail′or's-choice the pin-fish: the pig-fish; Sail′or's-purse an egg-pouch of rays and sharks; Sail′-room a room in a vessel where sails are stowed.—adj. Sail′y like a sail.—n. Sail′-yard the yard on which sails are extended.—n.pl. Stay′-sails triangular sails suspended on the ropes which stay the masts upon the foresides—from the jib-boom bowsprit and deck in the case of the foremast and from the deck in the case of the mainmast.—Sail close to the wind to run great risk; Sailors' Home an institution where sailors may lodge or aged and infirm sailors be permanently cared for.—After sail the sails carried on the mainmast and mizzen-mast; Fore-and-aft sails those set parallel to the keel of a ship as opp. to Square sails those set across the ship; Full Sail with all sails set; Make sail to spread more canvas in sailing; Set sail to spread the sails to begin a voyage; Shorten sail to reduce its extent; Strike sail to lower the sail or sails: (Shak.) to abate one's pretensions of pomp or superiority; Take the wind out of one's sails to deprive one of an advantage; Under sail having the sails spread.

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