Flight



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解释

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• n. 飞行, 飞翔; 空中的航行; 逃跑
• ［英］ 飞行, 飞翔 ( action of flying through the air) 空中的航行 ( journey made by air , esp in an aircraft on a particular route) 逃跑 ( instance of fleeing or running away)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Usage: often attributive
• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English flyht; akin to Middle Dutch vlucht flight, Old English flēogan to fly
• Date: before 12th century
• 1.
  • a. an act or instance of passing through the air by the use of wings <the flight of a bee>
  • b. the ability to fly <flight is natural to birds>
• 2.
  • a. a passing through the air or through space outside the earth's atmosphere <flight of an arrow><flight of a rocket to the moon>
  • b. the distance covered in such a flight
  • c. swift movement
• 3.
  • a. a trip made by or in an airplane or spacecraft
  • b. a scheduled airplane trip
• 4. a group of similar beings or objects flying through the air together
• 5. a brilliant, imaginative, or unrestrained exercise or display <a flight of fancy>
• 6.
  • a. a continuous series of stairs from one landing or floor to another
  • b. a series (as of terraces or conveyors) resembling a flight of stairs
• 7. a unit of the United States Air Force below a squadron
• ? flightless adjective

II. verb

• Date: 1571
• transitive verb
  • flush
• intransitive verb
  • to rise, settle, or fly in a flock <geese flighting on the marsh>

III. noun

• Etymology: Middle English fluht, fliht; akin to Old High German fluht flight, Old English flēon to flee
• Date: 13th century
• an act or instance of running away

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