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.
中文解释
1、nav- + ig- "drive" + -ate.2、字面含义：travel by ship, drive by ship.
实用例句
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.