set sail (for [place])
set sail 是固定搭配，表示起航；for 后接目的地。
We set sail for the island at dawn.
我们黎明时起航前往那座岛。
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
A piece of fabric attached to a boat that catches the wind and moves the boat through water.
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
帆产生的动力或利用帆航行
The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport.
似帆的结构
any structure that resembles a sail
乘船(尤指帆船)旅行
A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
潜艇的指挥塔
The conning tower of a submarine.
风车的叶片
The blade of a windmill.
潜艇背部的塔状结构
A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
管水母的浮游器官(如葡萄牙战舰水母)
The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
旗鱼
A sailfish.
某些恐龙和合弓类动物背部的向外突起
an outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids
任何类似帆的东西,如翼
Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.
The sailor adjusted the sail to catch the wind.
水手调整了帆以捕捉风力。
用法提示：sail作为名词，意为‘帆’，此处指船上的帆。
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。
用法提示：sails是sail的复数形式，指多面帆。
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。
用法提示：sail作为名词，特指船帆，这里指受损的帆。
set sail 是固定搭配，表示起航；for 后接目的地。
We set sail for the island at dawn.
我们黎明时起航前往那座岛。
under sail 表示船靠帆航行，通常不靠发动机。
The ship was under sail when the storm hit.
暴风雨来袭时，那艘船正在扬帆航行。
go for a sail 指出海乘帆船游玩，多用于休闲场合。
We went for a sail along the coast.
我们沿着海岸乘帆船游玩。
sail 作可数名词时，复数 sails 可指船上的一面或多面帆；with 短语用于说明数量。
They bought a boat with two sails.
他们买了一艘有两个帆的船。
canvas 在现代英语中多指帆布材料，或用作集合名词统称船帆；不用于指具体的一面帆，且语气偏文学或航海用语。
grammar · medium
易错句子The captain bought a new sale for the boat.
正确表达The captain bought a new sail for the boat.
sale 意为“销售、出售”，与 sail（帆）同音但不同义；此处要表示船帆，只能用 sail。
grammar · medium
易错句子The boat has sail on the mast.
正确表达The boat has a sail on the mast.
sail 作“帆”讲是可数名词，单数形式前通常需要冠词 a/the；汉语没有冠词，容易漏掉，所以要用 a sail。
grammar · medium
易错句子The ship set sails for Shanghai yesterday.
正确表达The ship set sail for Shanghai yesterday.
set sail 是固定短语，意为“起航”，sail 用单数且不加冠词或复数；不能说 set sails。
sale 表示“销售、减价活动”，与 sail（帆）同音；指船上的帆时只能用 sail，不能写成 sale。
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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