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sails

sails

n.

v.

  • 易混淆的单词:SAILS  
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1. N-COUNT Sails are large pieces of material attached to the mast of a ship. The wind blows against the sails and pushes the ship along. 
  • The white sails billow with the breezes they catch.

    一张张白帆随着微风舞动。

2. VERB (船)航行,行驶 You say a ship sails when it moves over the sea. 
  • The trawler had sailed from the port of Zeebrugge...

    拖网渔船已经驶离了泽布吕赫港。

  • 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。

3. V-ERG 驾驶(帆船);(船)扬帆行驶 If you sail a boat or if a boat sails, it moves across water using its sails. 
  • 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。

  • 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。

  • She sails beautifully in winds over 60 knots.

    它扬着帆以超过 60 节的船速乘风破浪。

4. N-COUNT (风车的)翼板 The sails on a windmill are the long flat parts that are turned by the wind. 
  • ...a windmill, its sails turning in the breeze.

    翼板在微风中转动的风车

5. VERB (人、物体)轻快而迅速地移动,飘过,飞过,掠过 If a person or thing sails somewhere, they move there smoothly and fairly quickly. 
  • We got into the lift and sailed to the top floor...

    我们进了电梯,很快到了顶层。

  • The cabs sailed past.

    出租车疾驰而过。

6. See also: sailing;  
7. PHRASE 启航;开船 When a ship sets sail, it leaves a port. 
  • 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。

  • 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。

8. PHRASE 坐帆船;乘帆船 If you cross the sea under sail, you cross it in a ship that has sails rather than an engine. 
  • ...the challenge and fun of going to sea under sail.

    扬帆出海的挑战和乐趣

  • ...a big ship under sail.

    扬帆航行的大船

9.   to sail close to the wind→see: wind;  to take the wind out of someone's sails→see: wind
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sail through 
1. A mackerel sky and mares' tails make lofty ships carry low sails.
鱼鳞天,马尾云,大船降帆莫航行。

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2. A violent wind plucked the sails to bits.
一阵狂风把帆撕碎了。

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3. Being beaten by a newcomer has really taken the wind out of his sails.
被一个新来的人胜过,他觉得很窝囊。

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4. 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。

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5. If the wind swings round, we will have to change the sails.
如果风向突然变了,我们得换帆。

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6. Loosen some sails to ease down the speed of the boat.
落下几面帆,把船速降下来。

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7. The captain ordered all sails lowered so the ship could ride out the storm.
船长命令把所有的帆放下以便船只安全渡过暴风雨。

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8. The dinghy gathered speed as the wind filled her sails.
风鼓起了帆,小帆船加快了速度。

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9. The sails are torn; they won't catch the wind.
帆破了,兜不住风。

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10. The sails filled out and the boat floated away.
帆张满后船漂走了。

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11. The sails filled with wind.
帆被风张满。

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12. The sails of the windmill are now at rest.
风车的帆叶现在静止不动了。

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13. The sails of the windmill were wheeling round.
风车的翼在转个不停。

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14. The sails swelled out in the wind.
船帆迎风鼓起。

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15. The sails were flapping against the mast.
帆拍打着桅杆。

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16. The ship sails for Shanghai tomorrow.
这船明天开往上海。

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17. The ship's sails bellied in the wind.
船帆在风中鼓得大大的。

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18. The wind swelled the sails.
风使船帆鼓胀。

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