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sailer

/sey-ler/US // ˈseɪ lər //UK // (ˈseɪlə) //

水手,海员,水手们,水手长

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
    • : a vessel with reference to its powers or manner of sailing: The schooner was judged a good sailer.

Examples

  • Is National Review getting better or worse by exiling Sailer and Derbyshire?

  • But the sloop was now not far behind, and soon showed that it was the better sailer of the two.

  • The Providence was a little vessel, but it was a fast sailer, and was wonderfully quick to answer the helm.

  • One she had taken which was very valuable, but, being a slow sailer, the others had escaped her.

  • She was launched as far back as 1820, and was a large vessel for that time, and considered an excellent sailer.

  • She had proved herself to be a fast sailer, and had logged sixteen knots, so that much was expected of her.