Word · Frequency #17153
yachting
驾帆船；乘游艇游玩
the sport or activity of traveling in a yacht for pleasure
- 1.
A physical activity involving yachts, such as racing sailing boats, cruising to distant shores, or day-sailing along a coast.
涉及游艇的体育活动,如帆船比赛、远航或沿海一日游
涉及游艇的体育活动,如帆船比赛、远航或沿海一日游；驾帆船；风帆比赛；乘游艇航行；驾驶快艇
In use
Yachting along the coast is my favorite way to relax.
She plans to take up yachting after she retires.
We often go yachting with friends on sunny weekends.
go + -ing
此处 yachting 为动名词/名词，表示乘游艇游玩这项活动；go + -ing 常用于休闲运动。
They go yachting every summer.
他们每年夏天都去乘游艇游玩。
be + -ing
此处 yachting 是动词 yacht 的现在分词，用于进行时，表示正在乘游艇航行。
We were yachting in the Mediterranean when the storm came.
暴风雨来临时，我们正在地中海乘游艇航行。
Common mistakes
We went to yachting last summer.We went yachting last summer.
表示去进行某项水上休闲活动时，英语用“go + 动词-ing”搭配（如 go swimming、go sailing），“去乘游艇/帆船游玩”应说 go yachting，不要在 yachting 前加 to。
She yachting with her family now.She is yachting with her family now.
现在进行时要用“be + 动词-ing”；yachting 是现在分词，不能单独作谓语。中文可以说“她正在……”，但英文不能省略 is/am/are。
Connections
Collocations
- go yachting
- 乘游艇游玩
- We went yachting along the coast last summer.去年夏天我们沿着海岸乘游艇游玩。
- yachting holiday
- 游艇度假
- They spent a week on a yachting holiday in the Mediterranean.他们在地中海度过了一周的游艇度假。
- yachting club
- 游艇俱乐部
- He joined a local yachting club to learn sailing.他加入了当地一家游艇俱乐部学习帆船运动。
- yachting enthusiast
- 游艇爱好者
- The marina was full of yachting enthusiasts preparing for the regatta.码头上挤满了为帆船赛做准备的游艇爱好者。
- yachting season
- 游艇季节
- The yachting season runs from May to September.游艇季节从五月持续到九月。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
yacht（游艇）加-ing，记住“乘游艇（yacht）去航行”，画面：白色游艇破浪前行。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：sailing clubs、travel magazines、leisure cruises yachting 多指驾帆船或乘游艇的休闲、运动活动，常见于旅行、体育和生活方式话题；正式程度适中，口语和书面语里都比较自然。
Pronunciation & Spelling
plotting、jotting、spotting、trotting、clotting 与 yachting 押韵，重读元音和后面的 /tɪŋ/ 相同（yachting 中的 ch 不发音）。catching 拼写相似，但 ch 读 /tʃ/，不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.