bring sth to
航海用语，指把船头转向迎风方向，使船几乎停住；宾语常为 ship、sloop 等船名。
The helmsman brought the sloop to and waited for the squall to pass.
舵手把单桅帆船转成迎风停住，等待狂风过去。
迎风
向前
迎风
Into the wind.
The captain brought the ship to before the storm arrived.
船长在暴风雨来临前把船迎风停下。
用法提示：句末的 to 是副词，与 bring 构成短语 bring...to，表示使船迎风停下。
The crew hove to and waited out the squall.
船员们迎风停住，等待狂风过去。
用法提示：hove to 中的 to 是副词，表示船只迎风停下。
The sailboat came to, and the bow stayed pointed into the wind.
帆船转向迎风，船头保持对准风来的方向。
用法提示：came to 中的 to 是副词，表示帆船转向迎风并停下。
航海用语，指把船头转向迎风方向，使船几乎停住；宾语常为 ship、sloop 等船名。
The helmsman brought the sloop to and waited for the squall to pass.
舵手把单桅帆船转成迎风停住，等待狂风过去。
lie to 指船迎风停住、几乎不再前进；过去式和过去分词用 lay、lain。
The yacht lay to in the heavy swell until dawn.
游艇在汹涌的涌浪中迎风停住，一直等到天亮。
heave to 表示使船迎风停住；过去式和过去分词通常用 hove to。
They hove to and lowered the sails.
他们迎风停船，把帆落了下来。
顶风停船（收帆使船首迎风停住）
The captain decided to heave to until the squall passed.
船长决定顶风停船，直到狂风过去。
顶风滞航（船首向风，几乎停住）
We had to lie to until the storm passed.
我们不得不顶风滞航，直到风暴过去。
使船顶风停下
The pilot brought the ship to just outside the harbor.
引航员在港口外让船顶风停下。
顶风转向（使船首迎风）
The ship rounded to and dropped anchor.
那艘船顶风转向后抛锚。
顶风停下（船转向迎风）
The yacht came to alongside the buoy.
游艇在浮标旁顶风停下。
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