英语词汇“sail”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

sailsail1 /seɪl/ ●●○ verb

VERB TABLE

sail

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	sail
	he, she, it	sails
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	sailed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have sailed
	he, she, it	has sailed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had sailed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will sail
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have sailed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am sailing
	he, she, it	is sailing
	you, we, they	are sailing
Past	I, he, she, it	was sailing
	you, we, they	were sailing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been sailing
	he, she, it	has been sailing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been sailing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be sailing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been sailing

1[intransitive always + adv./prep., transitive] to travel across an area of water in a boat or ship: sail away/to/across etc. We’ll sail from Miami to Nassau. She watched the fishing boats sail away. My dream is to sail the South Pacific.2[intransitive, transitive] to direct or control the movement of a boat or ship: There was a picture of Dick sailing his boat in the Caribbean. My father taught me to sail.3[intransitive] to start a trip by boat or ship: The ship sailed at dusk.sail for What year did Columbus sail for the New World?4[intransitive always + adv./prep.] to move quickly and smoothly through the air: sail over/past/through etc. A ball came sailing over the fence.5[intransitive always + adv./prep.] to move forward gracefully and confidently: sail by/past/over etc. She sailed by without looking at him.sail through phrasal verb to succeed very easily on a test or in a competition or get through a difficult process easily: The bill sailed through Congress.

verb | noun

sailsail2 ●●○ noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYsail²

Origin: Old English segl

COLLOCATIONS► raise/lower the sails

(=put the sails up or down)

1a large piece of strong cloth attached to the mast (=tall pole) of a boat so that the wind will push the boat along: raise/lower the sails (=put the sails up or down)2set sail to begin a trip by boat or ship: sail for/from We set sail for Savannah in the morning.3under sail literary moving along on a ship or boat that has sails