flight
- IPA[flʌɪt]
英式
- the action or process of flying through the air；an act of flying; a journey made through the air or in space, especially a timetabled journey made by an airline
- (in soccer, cricket, etc.) deliver (a ball) with well-judged trajectory and pace；provide (an arrow or dart) with feathers or vanes
verb: flight, 3rd person present: flights, gerund or present participle: flighting, past tense: flighted, past participle: flighted
noun: flight, plural noun: flights
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名詞
- 1. the action or process of flying through the air an eagle in flight the history of space flight 同義詞
- ▪ an act of flying; a journey made through the air or in space, especially a timetabled journey made by an airline a return flight from Gatwick to Berlin 同義詞
- ▪ the movement or trajectory of a projectile or ball through the air the golfer's swing is obviously critical to the ball's flight 同義詞
- ▪ relating to or denoting archery in which the main concern is shooting long distances short, light flight arrows
- ▪ literary the swift passage of time the never-ending flight of future days
- 2. a flock or large body of birds or insects in the air, especially when migrating flights of whooper swans 同義詞
- ▪ a group of aircraft operating together, especially an RAF or USAF unit of about six aircraft he dispatched the Hurricanes in three flights
- 3. the action of fleeing the enemy were now in flight a headlong flight from reality 同義詞
- ▪ the selling of currency or shares by many investors an anti-inflationary move aimed at stemming the flight of capital
- 4. a series of steps between floors or levels I climbed the three flights of stairs which led to his office 同義詞
- ▪ a series of hurdles across a racetrack.
- ▪ a sequence of locks by which a canal ascends an incline.
- 5. a selection of small portions of a particular type of food or drink (especially alcohol) intended to be tasted together for the purpose of comparison I had a flight of four ales and liked them all
- 6. an extravagant or far-fetched idea or thought process his research assistant was prone to flights of fancy
- 7. the tail of a dart.
動詞
- 1. British (in soccer, cricket, etc.) deliver (a ball) with well-judged trajectory and pace he flighted a free kick into the box
- 2. provide (an arrow or dart) with feathers or vanes shafts of wood flighted with a handful of feathers
- 3. shoot (wildfowl) in flight duck and geese flighting
- the highest rank or level.
- of the highest rank or level: a top-flight batsman
Oxford Dictionary
- the cockpit of a large aircraft.
Oxford Dictionary
- the cockpit of a large aircraft, from which the pilot and crew fly it.
Oxford American Dictionary
- a flight of an aircraft, rocket, or equipment to see how well it functions.
- test (an aircraft or rocket) by flying it: it was undergoing cold-weather flight-testing
Oxford American Dictionary
- the activity of directing the movement of aircraft: automatic flight control the flight-control computer
Oxford Dictionary
- the part of an airport around the hangars where aircraft can be parked and serviced.
Oxford Dictionary
- (of a bird) take off and fly
Oxford American Dictionary
- a flight of an aircraft, rocket, or equipment to see how well it functions.
- test (an aircraft or rocket) by flying it: it was undergoing cold-weather flight-testing
Oxford Dictionary
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- IPA[flīt]
美式
- the action or process of flying through the air: an eagle in flight the history of space flight
- shoot (wildfowl) in flight: duck and geese flighting
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