A big sheet of cloth on a boat that catches the wind and is pushed smoothly across the water. Hold that picture — wind-driven, , motion — and both the cloth itself and the act of travelling by boat fall out of it, along with the feeling of anything that moves smoothly and .
登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。
原始詞典資料20 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
sailnoun詞源 1/seɪl/
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nauticaltransportA 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.
- When we haue laught to ſee the ſailes conceiue / And grow big bellied with the wanton winde; […]
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nauticaltransportThe concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.
- Take in sail: a storm is coming.
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The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport.
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A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
- Let's go for a sail.
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datedA sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
- Twenty sail were in sight.
- "[…] The quay is upwards of 1,000 feet in length, and capable of accommodating more than 100 sail of traders; and there are generally a considerable number of vessels of from 40 to 300 tons burden, from various parts of the world, waiting to receive their cargoes."
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nauticaltransportThe conning tower of a submarine.
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The blade of a windmill.
- 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.
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A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
另外 4 個記錄的用法
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The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
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fishinghobbieslifestyleA sailfish.
- We caught three sails today.
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biologyhistoryhuman-sciencesan outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids
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Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.
- Like an eagle […]soaring / / To weather his broad sails.
sailverb詞源 2/seɪl/
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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.
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To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl.
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To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.
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To set sail; to begin a voyage.
- We sail for Australia tomorrow.
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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.
- [flavor text of the card "Spirit of the Winds"] A spirit of the wind that freely sails the skies.
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To move briskly but sedately.
- The duchess sailed haughtily out of the room.
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card-gamesgamesTo deal out (cards) from a distance by impelling them across a surface.
- He would sit his hat across the room, and we would sail cards into it.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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