Слово англійською: sail
Дієслово
Переклад sail українською: іти́ під вітри́лом, пропливти́, пливти́ (в човні́), ви́йти в мо́ре, відплисти́
Детальний опис
- [intransitive, transitive] (of a boat or ship or the people on it) to travel on water using sails or an engine
- + adv./prep. to sail into harbour
- The dinghy sailed smoothly across the lake.
- The ferry sails from Newhaven to Dieppe.
- one of the first people to sail around the world
- The flotilla will sail north to Hawaii.
- sail something to sail the Atlantic
- In his young days he had sailed the seas.
Homophones sail | salesail sale
/seɪl/
- sail verb
- Thor managed to sail his raft across the Pacific Ocean.
- sail noun
- Far out I could see a yacht with a white sail.
- sale noun
- She will receive the profits from the sale of her property.
(also go sailing)
[intransitive, transitive] to control or travel on a boat with a sail, especially as a sport- We spent the weekend sailing off the south coast.
- Do you go sailing often?
- the first woman to sail solo around the world
- sail something She sails her own yacht.
- He managed to sail the boat between the rocks.
[intransitive] (of a boat or ship or the people in it) to begin a journey on water- We sail at 2 p.m. tomorrow.
- sail for something He sailed for the West Indies from Portsmouth.
- The ferry sails for Southampton at 5.30.
[intransitive] + adv./prep. to move quickly and smoothly in a particular direction; (of people) to move in a confident manner- clouds sailing across the sky
- The ball sailed over the goalie's head.
- She sailed past, ignoring me completely.
- An owl sailed silently out of the branches.
Word OriginOld English segel (noun), seglian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zeil and German Segel (nouns).
Idioms - to take a risk by doing something that is dangerous or that may be illegalTopics Dangerc2
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