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　

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

习惯用语

be clear sailing

be plain sailing

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。

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。

noun

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。
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。
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。
American clippers were the ultimate sailing ships.
美国快速帆船是顶级的大型帆船。
The operation was plain sailing.
手术进行得顺利。
We were sailing on starboard tack.
我们正右舷抢风行驶。
The ship was sailing before the wind, ten knots an hour.
轮船在顺风行驶，时速10海里。
In 1838 the first iron sailing vessel crossed the Atlantic
1838年，第一艘铁制帆船横渡大西洋。
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。
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。