sail
音标发音
- 英式音标 [seɪl]
- 美式音标 [seɪl]
- 国际音标 [seil]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vi. 航行;启航,开船
- n. 帆,篷;航行
- vt. 航行
词源解说
- 直接源自古英语的segl,意为帆。
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- sailing:航行的。
- n性质的同根词
- sailing:航行,航海;启航;航海术。
- sailor:水手,海员;乘船者。
- v性质的同根词
- sailing:航行,起航(sail的现在分词形式)。
用法辨析
- sail的基本意思是“帆”,或指乘船在海上或水上的“游览”,也可指从某地到另外一个地方的“航程”。sail还可指“船”。
- sail作“航程”解时多为不可数名词,如前有定语修饰时,其前可加不定冠词a。
- sail作“船”解时,单复数同形。
- make sail有时与set sail同义,意为“起航”,两者后接介词for,但不能接to。
- 在full sail, take in sail, under sail等短语中, sail前均无冠词,且sail为单数形式,但在take the wind out of sb's sails短语中, sail则须用复数形式。
- sail用作动词意思是“坐船旅行,航行”,指坐船穿过一片水域,也可指“驾驶”,通常是驾驶船只。sail还可指“起航,开船”,有时还可指“平稳或快速地走”,常用来描述女性高视阔步、落落大方行走的姿态。
- sail可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,后接名词或代词作宾语。
- sail可用一般现在时或现在进行时表示将来。
n. (名词)
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- We hoisted the sails.
我们升起了帆。 - The ship sailed along the coast.
这艘船沿着海岸驶去。 - We sailed the Atlantic in five days.
我们用了五天时间乘船驶过了大西洋。
用作名词 (n.)
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词: S+~(+A)
用作及物动词: S+~+ n./pron.
词组短语
- back the sails 整帆使船倒退
- belly sail 风将帆吹鼓
- crowd all sails 张起所有的帆
- fill the sails 使帆满风
- go for sail 乘船游览
用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
英英字典
- (TRAVEL) When a boat or a ship sails, it travels on the water.
- (MOVE QUICKLY) to move quickly, easily, and (of a person) confidently
- (MATERIAL) a sheet of material attached to a pole on a boat to catch the wind and make the boat move
- (TRAVEL) a journey by boat or ship
- Sails are large pieces of material attached to the mast of a ship. The wind blows against the sails and pushes the ship along.
- You say a ship sails when it moves over the sea.
- If you sail a boat or if a boat sails, it moves across water using its sails.
- &rarrsee also sailing
- When a ship sets sail, it leaves a port.
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专业释义
- 帆
- (潜水艇的)潜望塔