set sail
collocation启航；扬帆起航
We set sail at sunrise.
我们在日出时启航。
帆；船帆
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帆；船帆
A piece of fabric attached to a boat that catches the wind and moves the boat through water.
The sailor adjusted the sail to catch the wind.
水手调整了帆以捕捉风力。
帆:系于船上的布料,利用风力驱动船只
A 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.
帆(通常用帆布制成,借助风力推动船只)
a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
帆的概念(视为一种物质)
The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.
海上航行(尤指游乐的)
an ocean trip taken for pleasure
We saw a large ship with white sails on the horizon.
我们看到地平线上有一艘挂着白帆的大船。
The sail tore during the storm, so they had to repair it.
风暴中帆撕裂了，所以他们不得不修补它。
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启航；扬帆起航
We set sail at sunrise.
我们在日出时启航。
扬帆航行；在航行中
The ship was under sail all day.
那艘船一整天都在扬帆航行。
升帆；扬起船帆
The crew hoisted the sails as the wind picked up.
风变大时，船员们升起了船帆。
展开船帆；张帆
They unfurled the sails to catch the breeze.
他们展开船帆来迎风。
降下船帆；落帆
The sailors lowered the sails before entering the harbor.
水手们在进港前降下了船帆。
起航；开船
We set sail for the island early in the morning.
我们一大早就启航前往那座岛。
使某人泄气；挫败某人的锐气
Losing the contract really took the wind out of their sails.
失去那份合同确实让他们很泄气。
调整计划；缩减开支；降低抱负
After the budget cuts, we had to trim our sails and cancel the project.
预算削减后，我们不得不缩减计划，取消了那个项目。
悲观者抱怨风，乐观者期待风向改变，现实主义者调整风帆。
A frequently quoted saying about dealing with difficulties, widely attributed to the American writer William Arthur Ward.
一句常被引用的关于应对困难的谚语，通常归功于美国作家威廉·亚瑟·沃德。
发长 /eɪ/ 音 (如 rain, wait)
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想象大海上一艘帆船，sail 中的 ai 就像两面张开的帆，帮你想‘帆’的意思。
语域：neutral 常见场景：航海与帆船运动、日常对话、文学作品 名词 sail 在多数情况下属于中性语体，通常可用于日常谈论船帆或航行，也常见于文学作品或航海描述中。具体含义需根据搭配判断。
All listed words rhyme with "sail" (/seɪl/). Note that "mail", "fail", "tail", "nail", and "rail" all use the spelling "-ail", while "sale" uses "-ale" but has the same pronunciation. Beware of lookalikes: "aisle" (/aɪl/) looks similar but does not rhyme, and "said" (/sed/) shows "ai" pronounced differently.
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