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

They warned him of the dangers of sailing alone
他们警告他说独自航行危险重重。
The operation was plain sailing.
手术进行得顺利。
In 1838 the first iron sailing vessel crossed the Atlantic
1838年，第一艘铁制帆船横渡大西洋。
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 were sailing on starboard tack.
我们正右舷抢风行驶。
Sailing is not exactly cheap.
帆船运动根本就不便宜。
I must renew my membership of the sailing club.
我必须延续我的航海俱乐部会员的资格。
They are sailing tomorrow.
他们明天将起航。
The ship was sailing before the wind, ten knots an hour.
轮船在顺风行驶，时速10海里。
A ship waters before sailing.
船在启航前先加淡水。