sail

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes. countable,uncountable
    — When we haue laught to ſee the ſailes conceiue / And grow big bellied with the wanton winde; […]
  2. The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance. uncountable
    — Take in sail: a storm is coming.
  3. The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport. uncountable
  4. A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat. countable,uncountable
    — Let's go for a sail.
  5. A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft. countable,dated,uncountable
    — Twenty sail were in sight.
  6. The conning tower of a submarine. countable,uncountable
  7. The blade of a windmill. countable,uncountable
    — So furious had been the gusts, that high buildings in town had had the lead stripped off their roofs; and in the country, trees had been torn up, and sails of windmills carried away; and gloomy accounts had come in from the coast, of shipwreck and death.
  8. A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines. countable,uncountable
  9. The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war. countable,uncountable
  10. A sailfish. countable,uncountable
    — We caught three sails today.
  11. an outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids countable,uncountable
  12. Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing. countable,uncountable
    — Like an eagle […]soaring / / To weather his broad sails.
动词 v.
  1. To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by steam or other power.
    — Fair ship, that from the Italian shore, ⁠Sailest the placid ocean-plains ⁠With my lost Arthur’s loved remains, Spread thy full wings, and waft him o’er.
  2. To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl.
  3. To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.
  4. To set sail; to begin a voyage. intransitive
    — We sail for Australia tomorrow.
  5. To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
    — As is a winged messenger of heaven, […] / When he bestrides the lazy pacing clouds, / And sails upon the bosom of the air.
  6. To move briskly but sedately. intransitive
    — The duchess sailed haughtily out of the room.
  7. To deal out (cards) from a distance by impelling them across a surface. transitive
    — He would sit his hat across the room, and we would sail cards into it.

词形变化

sails plural sails present,singular,third-person sailing participle,present sailed participle,past sailed past

词汇关系

近义词
sail
下位词
course crab claw driver extra fisherman genoa gennaker headsail jib lateen mainsail mizzen moonsail royal skysail spanker spinnaker spritsail staysail studding topgallant topsail trysail
衍生词
after-sail balloon sail by sail crowd sail drag sail drift sail electric sail foresail forestaysail full sail gaff sail gaffsail headsail knock the wind out of someone's sails light sail lugsail mackerel sky and mare's-tails make lofty ships carry low sails mackerel sky and mare's-tails make tall ships carry low sails mainsail make sail mizzensail moonsail photon sail point of sail riding sail ringsail sailback sailboard sailboat sail-by sail-by salute sailcloth sail coat sail curve sailduck sailer sailfin sail fine sailfish sail-fluke sailflying sail foam sailing sail-like saillike sail loft sail-plan sailpunk sailray sail-road sailroom sailship sail sign sailsman sail vault sail wagon sailwear sailworthy saily sail-yard sailyard sailyarn scudding sail set sail set sails shoulder-of-mutton sail skysail smoke sail solar sail spritsail squaresail square sail staysail storm sail strike sail studding sail take the wind out of someone's sails topgallant sail topsail trim one's sails under sail windsail wingsail working sail oversail asail besail circumsail daysail outsail parasail resail sailable sailage sailby sail by sail close to the wind sailcraft sailless sailmaker sailmaking sail on another board sailor sailpast sailplane sail the high seas sail the Red Sea sail through sail under false colors that ship has already sailed that ship has sailed
相关词
W:Template:Sail Types W:Parts of a sail
部分词
batten bunt clew leech luff roach tack

词源

词源 1
From Middle English saile, sayle, seil, seyl, from Old English seġl, from Proto-West Germanic *segl, from Proto-Germanic *seglą. Cognate with West Frisian seil, Low German Segel, Dutch zeil, German Segel, Danish sejl, Swedish segel.
词源 2
From Middle English sailen, saylen, seilen, seilien, from Old English seġlan, siġlan (“to sail”), from Proto-West Germanic *siglijan, from *siglijaną. Cognate with West Frisian sile, Low German seilen, Dutch zeilen, German segeln, Danish sejle, Swedish segla, Icelandic sigla.
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