navigate
navigate
verb
verb
- [no obj.]plan and direct the route or course of a ship, aircraft, or other form of transport, especially by using instruments or maps
（尤指利用工具或地图）导航，领航
they navigated by the stars.
他们以星星导航。
■[no obj., with adverbial of direction]travel on a desired course after planning a route
沿所需航线航行
he taught them how to navigate across the oceans.
他教他们怎样在海中航行。
■(of an animal or bird) find its way, especially over a long distance
（尤指动物、鸟类在远距离迁移、飞行中）确定方向
whales use their own inbuilt sonar system to navigate.
鲸鱼用自身的声呐系统确定航行方向。
■(of a passenger in a vehicle) assist the driver by map-reading and planning a route
（乘客）给驾驶员指引路线
■(Computing)move around a website, file, the Internet, etc
(计算机)浏览（网站、文件、因特网等)，导航 - [with obj.]sail or travel over (a stretch of water or terrain), especially carefully or with difficulty
（尤指小心、艰难地） 在…上航行（或行驶）
ships had been lost while navigating the narrows.
有船只在穿越海峡时失事。
■[no obj.](of a ship or boat) sail; proceed
（船只）航行
[with adverbial of direction]we sailed out surrounded by loose ice while navigating around larger grounded icebergs.
我们的船从散冰块中间出发，在更大的连底冰山周围航行。
■guide (a vessel or vehicle) over a specified route or terrain
为（船只，车辆）领航，导航
she navigated the car safely through the traffic.
她驾汽车安全地通过了车流。
■make one's way with difficulty over (a route or terrain)
（艰难地）走过，经过
the drivers skilfully navigated a twisting and muddy course.
司机们娴熟地驶过曲折泥泞的路。
■(informal)guide or steer (someone), especially through a crowd
(非正式)（尤指穿过人群）带人找路
- late 16th cent. (in the sense 'travel in a ship'): from Latin navigat- 'sailed', from the verb navigare, from navis 'ship' + agere 'drive'
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