sailing
- n. 航行, 航海
- n. 启程, 出发
- adj. 航行的
- Definition
- n. the activity or skill of traveling by boat, especially with sails
- n. the act of a ship or boat leaving a port
- adj. relating to sailing or travel by ship
- Example
- We went sailing across the lake on a calm morning.
- 在一个风平浪静的早晨，我们乘船穿过湖面。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: traveling by boat, ship, or aircraft (noun).
比较义项：航行（名词）。
- sailing 本词
Refers to the everyday activity or skill of traveling by boat, especially for leisure or sport; casual and concrete, commonly used in phrases like 'go sailing' or 'learn sailing'.
指乘船航行这一日常活动或技能，尤指休闲或体育场合；语气随意具体，常见于“go sailing”“learn sailing”等搭配中。
We went sailing across the lake on a calm morning.
在一个风平浪静的早晨，我们穿过湖面去 sailing。
- navigation
Refers to the technical process of planning, plotting, and controlling the course of a ship, aircraft, or vehicle; formal, associated with instruments and safety systems.
指规划、测算并控制船舶、飞机或其他交通工具航向的技术过程；语气正式，常与仪器、系统及安全相关联，例如“navigation system”。
The ship's navigation system guided it safely through the storm.
这艘船的 navigation 系统安全地引导它穿过了风暴。
Sailing and navigation both relate to travel by water. Sailing means the activity of traveling by boat, casual, for leisure. Navigation means planning and controlling a ship's or aircraft's course, formal, linked to instruments. Sailing's 'plain sailing' idiom and navigation's 'menu' sense are not compared.
这两个词在“航行”这个意义上容易混淆，但侧重不同：sailing 指乘船航行这一日常活动或技能本身，语气随意，多用于休闲、运动场合；navigation 指规划、测算并控制船舶、飞机等交通工具航向的技术过程，语气正式，常与仪器、系统及安全相关联。这里不比较 sailing 出现在习语 plain sailing（顺利，轻而易举）中的用法，也不比较 navigation 表示“（网站等的）导航、菜单”的用法。