navigate
英 ['n?v?ge?t]
美 ['n?v?'get]
- vt. 駕駛，操縱；使通過；航行于
- vi. 航行，航空
助記提示
1、nav- + ig- "drive" + -ate.
2、字面含義：travel by ship, drive by ship.
中文詞源
navigate 導航，航行來自拉丁語navis,船，來自PIE*snau,流動，游泳，詞源同naval,nourish,-ig,驅動，詞源同act,agent.引申詞義導航，航行。
英文詞源
- navigate (v.)
- 1580s, a back-formation from navigation, or else from Latin navigatus, past participle of navigare. Extended to balloons (1784) and later to aircraft (1901). Related: Navigated; navigating.
雙語例句
- 1. The purpose of the visit was to navigate into an ice-filled fiord.
- 這次出行是為了能駛入冰雪覆蓋的峽灣。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. This outlook helped her to navigate through her later years with success.
- 這種觀念幫她安度了晚年。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Most bats navigate by echolocation.
- 大多數蝙蝠靠回聲定位來飛行。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. to navigate by the stars
- 根據星辰確定航向
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. Pigeons navigate less accurately when the earth's magnetic field is disturbed.
- 地球磁場受到干擾時,鴿子的道航能力就會變得不準確.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》