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N-COUNT
帆
Sails are large pieces of material attached to the mast of a ship. The wind blows against the sails and pushes the ship along.
例句
The white sails billow with the breezes they catch.
一张张白帆随着微风舞动。
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VERB
(船)航行，行驶
You say a ship sails when it moves over the sea.
例句
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。
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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.
例句
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。
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(风车的)翼板
The sails on a windmill are the long flat parts that are turned by the wind.
例句
...a windmill, its sails turning in the breeze.
翼板在微风中转动的风车
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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.
例句
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。
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PHRASE
启航;开船
When a ship sets sail, it leaves a port.
例句
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。
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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.
例句
...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