Sail

(noun.) a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel.

(noun.) any structure that resembles a sail.

(verb.) traverse or travel on (a body of water); 'We sailed the Atlantic'; 'He sailed the Pacific all alone'.

(verb.) travel on water propelled by wind; 'I love sailing, especially on the open sea'; 'the ship sails on' .

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• I don't know how long it will last, but I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Which Pa, having been in the Purser line of life, lies a-bed in a bow-window where he can see the ships sail up and down the river. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• In a place like this I'm sure to upset something, tread on people's toes, or do something dreadful, so I keep out of mischief and let Meg sail about. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• I could sail a year in these waters! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Here he kept a great mass of wood, high piled, ready to be ignited as a signal should a steamer or a sail top the far horizon. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Our single boatman attended to the sail; Raymond steered; Clara sat at his feet, clasping his knees with her arms, and laying her head on them. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• We set sail from Bristol, May 4, 1699, and our voyage was at first very prosperous. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• We found the ship in the river, surrounded by a crowd of boats; a favourable wind blowing; the signal for sailing at her mast-head. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• If Napoleon had deemed it best to have continued his journey across the Atlantic to America he would have been compelled to pass several weeks on an uncomfortable sailing vessel. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The transports were all sailing vessels. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Thus we went on till the ship (whose departure, too, had been several times postponed) was on the point of sailing. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• It's Captain Bursley--executive officer--sailing master. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• In another half hour he was progressing rapidly, and, but for an exceptional word now and again, he found it very plain sailing. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Leinster, much as he professed to esteem, respect and love me, went out in a sailing-boat every morning, instead of walking about with me. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• We parted: the next day--he sailed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Near the spot we sailed from, the Holy Family dwelt when they sojourned in Egypt till Herod should complete his slaughter of the innocents. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• He founded a settlement in the Rio de Oro (on Kerne or Herne Island), and sailed on past the Senegal river. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• So I dressed up as Mrs. Malaprop, and sailed in with a mask on. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• He relates, that a New-England sloop, trading there in 1752, left their second mate, William Murray, sick on shore, and sailed without him. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• We have not sailed, but three swims are equal to a sail, are they not? 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• He sailed to the attack in a double line about sundown, putting the French between two fires. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Where Judy Trenor led, all the world would follow; and Lily had the doomed sense of the castaway who has signalled in vain to fleeing sails. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Monsieur Tarzan sails for America tomorrow. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Ten yokes of oxen dragging a boat with sails out of the sea in the morning with the line of the small waves breaking on the beach. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• A single suit of her sails consisted of 15,563 yards of canvas. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• There's time, and to spare, for me to go and come back before the ship sails. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The wind strikes the sails, and causes rotation; and the stronger the wind blows, the faster will the wheel rotate. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Small black clouds thus appearing in a clear sky, in hot climates portend storms, and warn seamen to hand their sails. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.

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