sail
英 [se?l]
美[se?l]
- vi. 航行；啟航，開船
- n. 帆，篷；航行
- vt. 航行
基本詞匯中頻詞CET6考研IELTSTEM4CET4
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?sails;第三人稱單數(shù):?sails;過去式:?sailed;過去分詞:?sailed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?sailing;
中文詞源
sail 帆，航行
來自古英語 segl,簾子，帆布，帆，來自 Proto-Germanic*segla,簾子，帆布，來自 PIE*sek,切， 砍，詞源同 saw,segment.拼寫比較 rail,rule,regulate.引申詞義航行。
英英釋意
- 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
英文詞源
- 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.
考試真題
- 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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詞組搭配
in (或under) full sail
with all the sails in position or fully spread
（船）滿帆，全速航行
a galleon in full sail.
一艘全速前進的西班牙大帆船。
sail close to (或 near) the wind
sail as nearly against the wind as possible
迎風(fēng)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.
以八節(jié)的航速航行。
sail into
To attack or criticize vigorously.
痛罵，猛擊
實用場景例句
- to sail into harbour
- 駛?cè)牒８?/dd>
牛津詞典
- The dinghy sailed smoothly across the lake.
- 小艇平穩(wěn)地駛過湖面。
牛津詞典
- The ferry sails from Newhaven to Dieppe.
- 渡船行駛于紐黑文和迪耶普之間。
牛津詞典
- one of the first people to sail around the world
- 最早進行環(huán)球航行的人之一
牛津詞典
- to sail the Atlantic
- 在大西洋上航行
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- We spent the weekend sailing off the south coast.
- 我們在南部海岸附近駕帆船度過了周末。
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- Do you go sailing often?
- 你常去駕帆船玩嗎？
牛津詞典
- She sails her own yacht.
- 她駕駛自己的游艇。
牛津詞典
- We sail at 2 p.m. tomorrow.
- 我們明天下午兩點起航。
牛津詞典
- He sailed for the West Indies from Portsmouth.
- 他從樸次茅斯起航，向西印度群島進發(fā)。
牛津詞典
- clouds sailing across the sky
- 飄過天空的云彩
牛津詞典
- The ball sailed over the goalie's head.
- 球從守門員頭頂飛過。
牛津詞典
- She sailed past me, ignoring me completely.
- 她從我身邊翩然走過，看都不看我一眼。
牛津詞典
- As the boat moved down the river the wind began to fill the sails.
- 船順河而下，風(fēng)逐漸脹滿了帆。
牛津詞典
- a ship under sail (= using sails)
- 張帆行駛的船
牛津詞典
- in the days of sail (= when ships all used sails)
- 在帆船時代
牛津詞典
- She moved away like a ship in full sail (= with all its sails spread out) .
- 她一陣風(fēng)似的走了。
牛津詞典
- We went for a sail.
- 我們乘船兜了一趟風(fēng)。
牛津詞典
- The white sails billow with the breezes they catch.
- 一張張白帆隨著微風(fēng)舞動。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- The trawler had sailed from the port of Zeebrugge...
- 拖網(wǎng)漁船已經(jīng)駛離了澤布呂赫港。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- The Kruzenshtern is expected to sail for Boston this week.
- “克魯森施滕”號預(yù)計將于本星期啟航前往波士頓。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- I shall get myself a little boat and sail her around the world...
- 我要給自己買一條小船，駕著它環(huán)游世界。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- For nearly two hundred miles she sailed on, her sails hard with ice...
- 它在船帆硬邦邦地結(jié)滿了冰的情況下連續(xù)航行了將近 200 英里。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- ...a windmill, its sails turning in the breeze.
- 翼板在微風(fēng)中轉(zhuǎn)動的風(fēng)車
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- We got into the lift and sailed to the top floor...
- 我們進了電梯，很快到了頂層。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- The cabs sailed past.
- 出租車疾馳而過。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- He loaded his vessel with another cargo and set sail...
- 他給自己的船裝上另一批貨后便啟航了。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Christopher Columbus set sail for the New World in the Santa Maria.
- 克里斯托弗·哥倫布從圣瑪麗亞啟航前往新大陸。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- ...the challenge and fun of going to sea under sail.
- 揚帆出海的挑戰(zhàn)和樂趣
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- ...a big ship under sail.
- 揚帆航行的大船
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