sailed
past simple and past participle ofsail
| 单词 | sailed |
| 释义 | sailed past simple and past participle ofsail sail verb uk/seɪl/us/seɪl/sailverb(TRAVEL)B2[Iusually+ adv/prep] When aboator ashipsails, ittravelson thewater: Theboatsailed along/down thecoast. As thebattleshipsailed by/past, everyone ondeckwaved. Theshipwas sailingtoChina. B1[IorT,usually+ adv/prep] tocontrolaboatthat has noengineand ispushedby thewind: He sailed thedinghyup theriver. She sailed around theworldsingle-handedin heryacht. [I] When ashipsails, itstartstravelling, and whenpeoplesail from aparticularplaceor at aparticulartime, theystarttravellingin aship: TheirshipsailsforBombay nextFriday.
Sailing & boating
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Movement on or through water sailverb(MOVE QUICKLY)[I+ adv/prep] tomovequickly,easily, and (of aperson)confidently: Theballwent sailingoverthefence. He wasn'tlookingwhere he was going, and just sailedstraightintoher. ManchesterUnitedsailedon(=continuedeasily)tovictoryin thefinal. to move fast
Moving quickly
Idiomssail against the wind sail close to the wind Phrasal verbssail in sail through(something) Examplesofsailedsailed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Havingsailedtogether once before, they remember the problems that arose the last time they set out. From theCambridge English Corpus Relating the ethnicity of the skippers in the private sector to the types of ships theysailedproduces the following picture. From theCambridge English Corpus But so far there has been no new biography of one of the more complex characters whosailedsouth. From theCambridge English Corpus The next year eight vesselssailedto the new sealing ground. From theCambridge English Corpus Whether we have indeed reached our limits andsailedover the edge of the world remains to be seen. From theCambridge English Corpus Yet it was highly questionable if the litigant could havesailedthrough the litigation process without help from the litigation master. From theCambridge English Corpus The language barrier proved to be insurmountable for the ship to be identified, and no action was deemed necessary once she hadsailedoff. From theCambridge English Corpus He also exploited additional evidence - his own navigational experience: he hadsailedacross the seas from west to east and traveled around the earth. From theCambridge English Corpus However, the storysailedhappily on its way without any technical underpinnings or details about the procedures of the test. From theCambridge English Corpus There the messengerssailedforward in a ship. From theCambridge English Corpus Although these seminarssailedunder the flag of the history of political thought, their content came to be increasingly dominated by religion, national identity, and state formation. From theCambridge English Corpus The boatsailedacross the bay. From theCambridge English Corpus Goddardsailedwith little in the way of expectations, and the diary reflects the fresh experiences of an optimist. From theCambridge English Corpus The fact that half the fleetsailedin icy waters for more than 40 years explains the numbers of barque rigged sealers at the turn of the century. From theCambridge English Corpus Charcot would presumably havesailedregardless of state support. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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