full sail
满帆,全速航行,全速前进,全程航行
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- : all the sails of a vessel: All three ships had full sail set.
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- : with all sails set: The ship was moving ahead full sail.
- : rapidly; forcefully: He proceeded full sail despite our objections.
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To put it rather uncharitably, the USPHS practiced a major dental experiment on a city full of unconsenting subjects.
Could the (thus far) timid trembling give way to a full-on, grand mal seizure?
So we know that boring down to the bedrock and pumping it full of fluid can cause earthquakes.
Some refugees wait for days on the ships before setting sail.
It used to carry livestock but sailed its final voyage with a hold full of Syrian men, women, and children.
It ended on a complaint that she was 'tired rather and spending my time at full length on a deck-chair in the garden.'
As long as may be necessary, Sam,” replied Mr. Pickwick, “you have my full permission to remain.
It is full of poetic feeling, and the flesh tints are unusually natural.
A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.
One would not have wanted her white neck a mite less full or her beautiful arms more slender.