sailing

noun

1. 帆船运动；（乘帆船的）航行
   the sport or activity of travelling in a boat with sails
   1. to go sailing
      去进行帆船运动
   2. a sailing club
      帆船俱乐部
2. （从某港口开出的）航班
   one of the regular times that a ship leaves a port
   1. There are six sailings a day.
      每天有六个船运航班。

1. N-UNCOUNT 帆船驾驶;帆船运动
   Sailing is the activity or sport of sailing boats.
   1. There was swimming and sailing down on the lake.
      有人在湖上游泳和扬帆。
2. N-COUNT 水运航班
   Sailings are trips made by a ship carrying passengers.
   1. Ferry companies are providing extra sailings from Calais...
      渡船公司加开了从加来出发的航班。
   2. We'll get the next sailing.
      我们将坐下一班船。
3. PHRASE 轻而易举的;一帆风顺的
   If you say that a task was not all plain sailing, you mean that it was not very easy.
   1. Pregnancy wasn't all plain sailing and once again there were problems...
      孕期并非一帆风顺，这不，又出现问题了。
   2. We know it won't be plain sailing at Wembley because there are no easy games at this level.
      我们知道在温布利不会顺风顺水，因为在这一级别就没有轻松的比赛。

1. Sailing boats lay at anchor in the narrow waterway.
   帆船停泊在狭窄的水道上。
2. He finds the comparison of insect wings with a sailing boat useful up to a point
   他发现把昆虫的翅膀比作一艘帆船在某种程度上是有用的。
3. We struck up a conversation, in the course of which it emerged that he was a sailing man.
   我们聊了起来，在谈话过程中得知他是一名水手。
4. In 1838 the first iron sailing vessel crossed the Atlantic
   1838年，第一艘铁制帆船横渡大西洋。
5. Sailing is not exactly cheap.
   帆船运动根本就不便宜。
6. If she had had to give up riding she might have taken up sailing competitively
   如果她当时不得不放弃骑自行车的话，她或许就从事她很有优势的帆船运动了。
7. His sailing instructor fell overboard and drowned during a lesson
   他的航海教练在一次训练课时从船上失足跌入水中，溺水身亡。
8. He found sailing more pleasurable than skiing.
   他觉得驾驶帆船比滑雪更好玩。
9. His favourite childhood pursuits were sailing, swimming and cycling.
   儿时他最大的爱好是帆船运动、游泳和骑自行车。
10. There was swimming and sailing down on the lake.
    有人在湖上游泳和扬帆。
11. Ferry companies are providing extra sailings from Calais
    渡船公司加开了从加来出发的航班。
12. We'll get the next sailing.
    我们将坐下一班船。
13. Pregnancy wasn't all plain sailing and once again there were problems
    孕期并非一帆风顺，这不，又出现问题了。
14. We know it won't be plain sailing at Wembley because there are no easy games at this level.
    我们知道在温布利不会顺风顺水，因为在这一级别就没有轻松的比赛。
15. American clippers were the ultimate sailing ships.
    美国快速帆船是顶级的大型帆船。
16. They warned him of the dangers of sailing alone
    他们警告他说独自航行危险重重。
17. Max warned her she was sailing dangerously close to the wind and risked prosecution.
    马克斯警告她说她这是在玩火，有被起诉的危险。
18. The crews of the Card and its consorts had eaten Christmas dinner in Casablanca before sailing.
    在起航前“卡德”号和僚舰上的官兵已在卡萨布兰卡吃了圣诞晚餐。
19. The vessel is sailing from Hongkong to Shanghai.
    这船从香港开航驶往上海。
20. A boat sailing against the current must forge ahead or it will be driven back.
    逆水行舟，不进则退。
21. Study is like sailing against the current; either you keep forging ahead or you keep falling behind.
    学如逆水行舟，不进则退。
22. The operation was plain sailing.
    手术进行得顺利。
23. The ship was sailing before the wind, ten knots an hour.
    轮船在顺风行驶，时速10海里。
24. I must renew my membership of the sailing club.
    我必须延续我的航海俱乐部会员的资格。
25. A ship waters before sailing.
    船在启航前先加淡水。
26. The company advertised the sailing day.
    这家公司用广告的形式通告开船日期。
27. They are sailing tomorrow.
    他们明天将起航。
28. They entered the harbor by sailing under false colours.
    他们靠欺骗入了港口。
29. We were sailing on starboard tack.
    我们正右舷抢风行驶。

n.

be clear sailing

be clear sailing

be plain sailing

• 顺利；一帆风顺
  to be simple and free from trouble

noun

1. the departure of a vessel from a port

2. the activity of flying a glider

   Synonym:    glideglidingsailplaningsoaring

3. riding in a sailboat

4. the work of a sailor

   Synonym:    seafaringnavigation