set sail

出航する、船出する

ある場所を離れて、船での旅を始めること。

やさしい英語で： To leave a place and begin a journey by boat or ship.

• We set sail at dawn.
• The ship set sail for Greece yesterday.
• When do we set sail from the harbor?

使い方： set sail for somewhere (We set sail for the island at dawn.); set sail from somewhere (They set sail from a small port.)

類義語： depart, put to sea

よく使う表現： set sail for somewhere, set sail from somewhere, set sail tomorrow

出航する、船出する

帆ではなくエンジンで進む船が、海の旅を始めること。

やさしい英語で： To begin a sea journey on a ship that uses an engine rather than sails.

• The ferry will set sail soon.
• Our diesel ship set sail at noon.
• The steamship set sail with two hundred passengers.

使い方： set sail for somewhere (The cruise ship set sail for Norway.)

類義語： depart, put to sea

よく使う表現： ferry set sail, set sail for somewhere, set sail from somewhere

帆を張る、帆を上げる

風で船が進むように、帆を広げて位置を整えること。

やさしい英語で： To open and position a boat’s sails so that the wind can move it.

• The crew set sail together.
• We set sail once the wind strengthened.
• The sailors prepared the ropes before setting sail.

類義語： hoist sails, spread sails

よく使う表現： set sail carefully, set sail together, set sail before departure