shorten sail meaning in English
收帆减速
Examples
- They shortened sail to let him come up in his boat
他们收了帆，让他坐着小船赶上来。 - " you are a gay old gentleman ! " said jekyl , relaxing his pace ; " and if we must be fellow - travellers … i must even shorten sail for you .
“你算是一位兴致很好的老先生了！ ”哲吉尔放慢步伐说“既然咱们搭伴同行… …我就得为你放慢速度。 ”