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
- : 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.
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