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outsail

/out-seyl/US // ˌaʊtˈseɪl //

帆外,扬帆出海,驶出,扬帆起航

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to outdo in sailing; sail farther, more skillfully, or faster than.

Examples

  • Other privateers were huge three-masters, carrying heavy batteries, and able to outsail any of the enemy's ships.

  • I can outsail you and outfight you all—and to hell with you!

  • All sails were set upon the "Horn o' Plenty," but it soon became plain that she could never outsail the corsair vessel.

  • What yachts, as a tribute to ourselves upon their own element, would we rather outsail than English yachts?

  • Mr Steers thinks that a shallow vessel, with a sliding keel, can be built to outsail any vessel even on his improved model.