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sail

Word family 
Related topics: Water
sail1 /seɪl/ ●●● S3 verb   → sale
1  [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, transitiveT]TTW to travel on or across an area of water in a boat or ship （乘船）航行
sail across/into/out of etc
 the first Europeans to sail across the Atlantic
乘船横渡大西洋的首批欧洲人
 Three tall ships sailed past.
三艘大船驶了过去。
 She always wanted to sail around the world.
她一直想要乘船环游世界。
sail the Pacific/the Atlantic etc
 We’re taking two months off to sail the Caribbean.
我们要请两个月假去加勒比海航行。
2  [intransitiveI]TTW to start a journey by boat or ship 起航
 We sail at dawn.
我们在黎明时起航。
sail for
 They’re sailing for Antigua next week.
他们下星期要起航前往安提瓜岛。
3  [intransitiveI, transitiveT]TTW to direct or control the movement of a boat or ship that has a sail 驾驶（船只）
 Blake sailed the ship safely through the narrow passage.
布莱克驾船安全驶过这条狭窄的航道。
 My father taught me to sail.
我父亲教过我驾船。
4  [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]TTA to move quickly and smoothly through the air 飘过；飞过
sail through/over/into etc
 A ball came sailing over the fence.
一只球飞过围栏。
5  [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]WALK to move forwards gracefully and confidently 优雅而自信地走
 She sailed into the room.
她翩然走进房间。
6. sail close to the wind British EnglishBrERISK to do or say something that is nearly wrong, illegal, or dishonest 近乎违法；几乎逾规；近乎说谎
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sail close to the wind• They had quite a reputation for sailing close to the wind.• With his own property, it was perhaps easier too for a baron to take risks or sail close to the wind.
7 sail through something phrasal verbphr v SEPASS A TESTto succeed very easily in a test, examination etc 顺利通过〔考试等〕
 Adam sailed through his final exams.
亚当顺利地通过了期终考试。
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sail through • But the relatively small civil service portion could sail through, if Republicans sign on to them.• One more tumbling, twisting trip sailing through the air.• Do any old codgers sail through the course?• The United States insists it has the right to sail through the international waters of the strait.• Philip Jimeno offered the bill, expecting it to sail through the legislature.• Marie Brown thought she was one of the fortunate ones to sail through unaffected.• The imaginary central point in the sail through which the power of the sail acts.• By contrast, his present legislation is expected to sail through with little more than some scattered shots from the Parti Québécois.
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sail• The ship sailed at dusk.• She sailed by without looking at him.• We had crossed over to Mykines early in the day, sailing down the long fiord from the village of Sørvágur.• We sail first thing in the morning• We'll sail from Miami to Nassau.• He sailed from Southampton on May 6th.• There was a picture of Dick sailing his boat in the Caribbean.• Are you capable of sailing in the prevailing conditions?• Clearly the 49ers are sailing in uncharted waters.• I sail past a little development of off-the-shelf ranch homes.• Jeff ducked as the ball sailed past his head.• I just want to quit my job and sail the South Pacific.• He could sail this water drunk and blindfolded.• The Pequod sailed toward the island.• I sail up the hill and along Hyde Hill Lane as if I were a balloon.
sail around the world• Yachtsmen, too, after sailing around the world with only the wind as a companion.
sail for• What year did Columbus sail for the New World?
sail through/over/into etc• But the relatively small civil service portion could sail through, if Republicans sign on to them.• The United States insists it has the right to sail through the international waters of the strait.• The prospect of sailing into the late autumn was itself the major worry.• Philip Jimeno offered the bill, expecting it to sail through the legislature.• Here it probably happened by sailing into the steep wave resulting in a sudden loss of speed.• Marie Brown thought she was one of the fortunate ones to sail through unaffected.• I stood back and she went past me like a ship sailing into war.• The imaginary central point in the sail through which the power of the sail acts.
Related topics: Water
sail2 ●●○ noun  
1  TTW[countableC] a large piece of strong cloth fixed onto a boat, so that the wind will push the boat along 帆
 a yacht with white sails
扬着白帆的游艇
hoist/lower the sails (=put the sails up or down) 升/降帆
2  set sail TTWto begin a journey by boat or ship 起航
set sail for/from
 The following week the ‘Queen Elizabeth’ set sail for Jamaica.
到了下周，“伊丽莎白女王”号起航前往牙买加。
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sail for/from• The fisherman cut their lines and set sail for port, but the sea serpent continued to follow them.• Curtains set sail from their windows.• On renouncing alcohol he was pardoned and he set sail for Darlington where he became a leading light in the Society.• When he set sail from Troy many Trojans had joined him.• Nancy and Famous died in a ship off the Virginia coast before it set sail for Savannah.• It subsequently set sail for an undisclosed location.• At all events, we set sail from Lowestoft, and by good fortune the Professor was detained on other business.• It is small wonder that the idea of setting sail for an un-known land grew less and less attractive to him.
3. under sail literaryTTW moving along on a ship or boat that has sails 在航行中，扬帆航行
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sail• For these boats a sail which allows them to compete more evenly under handicap rules has obvious advantages.• A further use of carbon rod is for sail battens to control flutter, or to improve sail shape.• It was like a captain blowing against his own limp sails.• Heroism of a different order was on the menu of three of the greatest Casanovas of the age of sail.• Several would-be sailors scoffed at the idea of a race until they actually set sail.• What's the launch schedule of the test solar sail and how long will it stay in orbit?• Then it occurs to us that we could raise the sails to increase our visibility.• From 1874 upon the sail was emblazoned the rampant white horse of Kent.
Origin sail2
Old English segl
sail1 verbsail2 noun
Chinese
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