sailing
US: /ˈseɪɫɪŋ/
UK: /sˈeɪlɪŋ/
UK: /sˈeɪlɪŋ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
sailing
- danh từ
- sự đi thuyền
- chuyến đi xa thường xuyên, sự khởi hành đi xa của một con tàu
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [U] the sport or activity of travelling in a boat with sails: to go sailing + a sailing club
2 [C] one of the regular times that a ship leaves a port: There are six sailings a day from Dover to Ostend. + What time is the next sailing?
Idioms see CLEAR adj., PLAIN adj.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 navigate, pilot, steer:
Sail as close to the shore as possible to avoid the whirlpool.
2 go sailing or boating or yachting, cruise, set sail, put (out) to sea:
Would you like to sail to the Isle of Wight for the weekend?
3 drift, move lightly, breeze, flow, waft, sweep, coast, float, scud, glide, slide, slip, plane, skim, fly, flit:
It was delightful to watch the tiny boats sailing, tacking, beating, and running in the brisk wind.
n.
4 canvas:
The schooner was carrying all the sail she could.
Collocation dictionary
1 sport
ADJ.
catamaran, dinghy, etc.
VERB + SAILING
go
SAILING + NOUN
club, school | holiday, trip | boat, craft, dinghy, ship, vessel
2 journey made by boat
ADJ.
daily, overnight, regular, weekday, weekend | return
VERB + SAILING
delay | suspend
Sailings were suspended in the high winds.
PREP.
~ between
The company operates regular sailings between Hull and Zeebrugge.
| ~ from, ~ to
the 4 p.m. sailing from Dover to Calais
Concise English dictionary
sails|sailed|sailingseɪl
noun
+a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
+an ocean trip taken for pleasure
verb
+traverse or travel by ship on (a body of water)
+move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
+travel in a boat propelled by wind
+travel by boat propelled by wind or by other means
