sails

英 [seɪlz]

美 [seɪlz]

v.  (船)航行; (人)乘船航行; 驾驶(或乘坐)帆船航行(尤指作为体育运动); 起航
n.  帆; 乘船航行; (风车的)翼板
sail的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 帆
  Sailsare large pieces of material attached to the mast of a ship. The wind blows against the sails and pushes the ship along.
  1. The white sails billow with the breezes they catch.
     一张张白帆随着微风舞动。
• VERB (船)航行，行驶
  You say a shipsailswhen it moves over the sea.
  1. The trawler had sailed from the port of Zeebrugge...
     拖网渔船已经驶离了泽布吕赫港。
  2. 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。
• V-ERG 驾驶(帆船);(船)扬帆行驶
  If yousaila boat or if a boatsails, it moves across water using its sails.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. She sails beautifully in winds over 60 knots.
     它扬着帆以超过 60 节的船速乘风破浪。
• N-COUNT (风车的)翼板
  Thesailson a windmill are the long flat parts that are turned by the wind.
  1. ...a windmill, its sails turning in the breeze.
     翼板在微风中转动的风车
• VERB (人、物体)轻快而迅速地移动，飘过，飞过，掠过
  If a person or thingsailssomewhere, they move there smoothly and fairly quickly.
  1. We got into the lift and sailed to the top floor...
     我们进了电梯，很快到了顶层。
  2. The cabs sailed past.
     出租车疾驰而过。
• See also:sailing
• PHRASE 启航;开船
  When a shipsets sail, it leaves a port.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• PHRASE 坐帆船;乘帆船
  If you cross the seaunder sail, you cross it in a ship that has sails rather than an engine.
  1. ...the challenge and fun of going to sea under sail.
     扬帆出海的挑战和乐趣
  2. ...a big ship under sail.
     扬帆航行的大船
• tosail close to the wind→ see:wind

双语例句

• She sails her own yacht.
  她驾驶自己的游艇。
• A violent wind plucked the sails to bits.
  一阵狂风把帆撕碎了。
• She sails beautifully in winds over 60 knots.
  它扬着帆以超过60节的船速乘风破浪。
• The sails were flapping against the mast.
  帆拍打着桅杆。
• The sails swelled out in the wind.
  船帆迎风鼓起。
• The sails are torn; they won't catch the wind.
  帆破了，兜不住风。
• Dick took the wind out of Bob's sails by showing him where he was wrong.
  迪克指出鲍伯的错误，使后者很难堪。
• The white sails billow with the breezes they catch.
  一张张白帆随着微风舞动。
• Fabricates and repairs sails and other articles from sailcloth.
  制造和修补风帆和其它的帆布物品。
• The friend is a maritime sail, there are sails, it will not be lonely to be maritime.
  朋友是海上的帆，有了帆，海上才不会寂寞。