Word · Frequency #2876
sail
帆；船帆
A piece of fabric attached to a boat that catches the wind and moves the boat through water.
- 1.
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:系于船上的布料,利用风力驱动船只
- 2.
a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
帆(通常用帆布制成,借助风力推动船只)
- 3.
The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.
帆的概念(视为一种物质)
- 4.
an ocean trip taken for pleasure
海上航行(尤指游乐的)
- 5.
The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport.
帆产生的动力或利用帆航行
- 6.
any structure that resembles a sail
似帆的结构
- 7.
A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
乘船(尤指帆船)旅行
- 8.
The conning tower of a submarine.
潜艇的指挥塔
- 9.
The blade of a windmill.
风车的叶片
- 10.
A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
潜艇背部的塔状结构
- 11.
The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
管水母的浮游器官(如葡萄牙战舰水母)
- 12.
A sailfish.
旗鱼
- 13.
an outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids
某些恐龙和合弓类动物背部的向外突起
- 14.
Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.
任何类似帆的东西,如翼
乘船航行；水上旅行；帆的动力；帆状物；类似帆的结构；旗鱼；帆:系于船上的布料,利用风力驱动船只
In use
The sailor adjusted the sail to catch the wind.
We saw a large ship with white sails on the horizon.
The sail tore during the storm, so they had to repair it.
Connections
Collocations
- set sail
- 启航；扬帆起航
- We set sail at sunrise.我们在日出时启航。
- under sail
- 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。
- hoist the sails
- 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。
- unfurl the sails
- 展开船帆；张帆
- They unfurled the sails to catch the breeze.他们展开船帆来迎风。
- lower the sails
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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