navigate
英 ['nævɪgeɪt]
美 ['nævə'get]
- vt. 驾驶，操纵；使通过；航行于
- vi. 航行，航空
TEM4 GRE TOEFL
1、nav- + ig- "drive" + -ate.
2、字面含义：travel by ship, drive by ship.
navigate 导航，航行来自拉丁语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。
- 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.
- 1. The purpose of the visit was to navigate into an ice-filled fiord.
- 这次出行是为了能驶入冰雪覆盖的峡湾。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. This outlook helped her to navigate through her later years with success.
- 这种观念帮她安度了晚年。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Most bats navigate by echolocation.
- 大多数蝙蝠靠回声定位来飞行。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. to navigate by the stars
- 根据星辰确定航向
来自《权威词典》
- 5. Pigeons navigate less accurately when the earth's magnetic field is disturbed.
- 地球磁场受到干扰时,鸽子的道航能力就会变得不准确.
来自《简明英汉词典》
