sail
英 [seɪl]
美[seɪl]
- vi. 航行；启航，开船
- n. 帆，篷；航行
- vt. 航行
考试真题
- Steamships captured the North Atlantic passenger business from sail in the 1840s because of its much greater speed.
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- The high cost of steam and the lesser need for speed kept the majority of the world's ocean freight moving by sail until the early years of the 20th century
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- But steamships didn't lose their sails until the 1880s, because early marine engines had a nasty habit of breaking down.
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- Until ships became large enough (and engines small enough) to mount two engines side by side, they needed to keep sails
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- James hiked, fished, learnt to sail and experimented with hot air ballooning.
出自-2013年12月听力原文
