sailing

1. N-UNCOUNT Sailing is the activity or sport of sailing boats. 駕船; 帆船運動

There was swimming and sailing down on the lake. 湖上有游泳的和駕船的。

2. N-COUNT Sailings are trips made by a ship carrying passengers. 水運航班

Ferry companies are providing extra sailings from Calais. 輪渡公司正在投放從加來出發(fā)的加運航班。

3. PHRASE If you say that a task was not all plain sailing, you mean that it was not very easy. 輕而易舉; 一帆風(fēng)順

Pregnancy wasn't all plain sailing and once again there were problems. 懷孕并非一帆風(fēng)順，又一次出現(xiàn)了若干問題。