navigate
英['nævɪgeɪt],美['nævə'get]
v. 航行; 导航; 绕过; 助记:nav-船 + ig-做 + -ate, 表动词
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权威词源导读
navigate (v.) - 16世纪80年代,回构自navigation,或源自拉丁语navigatus, navigare "to sail, sail over, go by sea, steer a ship" 的过去分词,源自navis "ship" (源自PIE词根*nau- "boat") + agere "to set in motion, drive, drive forward" 的词根 (源自PIE词根*ag- "to drive, draw out or forth, move")。扩展到气球 (1784) 后来扩展到飞机 (1901)。同根词:Navigated; navigating。
词源说明(童理民)
1. navigate : 来自拉丁语navis,船,来自PIE*snau,流动,游泳,词源同naval,nourish,-ig,驱动,词源同act,agent.引申词义导航,航行。
21世纪大英汉词典
#navigatevt.1.■航行于,飞行于;横渡,飞越:to navigate the Pacific横渡(或飞越)太平洋2.■驾驶(船只、飞机等);操纵(导弹):She is the first woman who navigates a sail crossing the English Channel.她是迄今为止驾船横渡英吉利海峡的第一位女性。3.■查明并指出…的航向(或方位),为(船只、飞机)导航;指引,指导:to navigate a foreign ship为一艘外国轮船导航to navigate a nation治理国家4.■通过(水域);由水路运(货):to navigate logs由水路运输圆木5.■[口语](安全地)走过,经过;行进于:Our truck navigated the enemy lines.我们卡车顺利地穿过了敌人的防线。6.■[口语]小心翼翼地引领:to navigate one's way to a private club through the crowd挤过人群走进了一家私人俱乐部vi.1.■航行;飞行:to navigate on the sea在海上航行to navigate over the Atlantic Ocean飞越大西洋2.■驾驶船只(或飞机);操纵导弹(或火箭等):to navigate and hit the target操纵导弹并击中目标3.■领航,导航;为司机指引行车路线:My duty is to navigate.我的责任是导航。4.■(如船般)穿过水域;由水路运货:A hydroplane navigated over the lake.一架水上飞机从湖面上飞驰而过。5.■乘船旅行;驾驶帆船:We navigated along the Danube.我们乘船游览多瑙河。6.■[美国口语]行进,行走:He's too tired to navigate.他累得走不动了。变形vt.navigatednavigating#