sailing

英 [ˈseɪlɪŋ]

美 [ˈseɪlɪŋ]

n.  帆船运动; (乘帆船的)航行; (从某港口开出的)航班
v.  (船)航行; (人)乘船航行; 驾驶(或乘坐)帆船航行(尤指作为体育运动); 起航
sail的现在分词

现在分词：sailing　复数：sailings　

高考IELTS

Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.5717 / COCA.10027

习惯用语

n.

be clear sailingbe clear sailingbe plain sailing
• 顺利；一帆风顺
  to be simple and free from trouble

牛津词典

noun

• 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
• （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。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 帆船驾驶;帆船运动
  Sailingis 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。
• N-COUNT 水运航班
  Sailingsare 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。
• PHRASE 轻而易举的;一帆风顺的
  If you say that a task was not allplain 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。

英英释义

noun

• the departure of a vessel from a port
• the activity of flying a glider
  Synonym:glideglidingsailplaningsoaring
• riding in a sailboat
• the work of a sailor
  Synonym:seafaringnavigation

双语例句

• The operation was plain sailing.
  手术进行得顺利。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• There was swimming and sailing down on the lake.
  有人在湖上游泳和扬帆。
• A boat sailing against the current must forge ahead or it will be driven back.
  逆水行舟，不进则退。
• They entered the harbor by sailing under false colours.
  他们靠欺骗入了港口。
• 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。