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; […]
• 2

  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.
• 8

  A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.

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.

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