flying 音标拼音: [fl'ɑɪɪŋ]
a . 飞的,飘扬的,飞速的
n . 飞行,飞花
飞的,飘扬的,飞速的飞行,飞花
flying 浮起的
flying 飞
flying adj 1 :
moving swiftly ; "
fast -
flying planes "; "
played the difficult passage with flying fingers " [
synonym : {
fast -
flying }, {
flying }]
2 :
hurried and brief ; "
paid a flying visit "; "
took a flying glance at the book "; "
a quick inspection "; "
a fast visit "
[
synonym : {
flying }, {
quick }, {
fast }]
n 1 :
an instance of traveling by air ; "
flying was still an exciting adventure for him " [
synonym : {
flight }, {
flying }]
Fly \
Fly \ (
fl [
imac ]),
v .
i . [
imp . {
Flew } (
fl [=
u ]);
p .
p . {
Flown }
(
fl [=
o ]
n );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Flying }.] [
OE .
fleen ,
fleen ,
fleyen ,
flegen ,
AS .
fle ['
o ]
gan ;
akin to D .
vliegen ,
OHG .
fliogan ,
G .
fliegen ,
Icel .
flj [=
u ]
ga ,
Sw .
flyga ,
Dan .
flyve ,
Goth .
us -
flaugjan to cause to fly away ,
blow about ,
and perh .
to L .
pluma feather ,
E .
plume . [
root ]
84 .
Cf . {
Fledge },
{
Flight }, {
Flock }
of animals .]
1 .
To move in or pass through the air with wings ,
as a bird .
2 .
To move through the air or before the wind ;
esp .,
to pass or be driven rapidly through the air by any impulse .
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3 .
To float ,
wave ,
or rise in the air ,
as sparks or a flag .
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Man is born unto trouble ,
as the sparks fly upward .
--
Job v .
7 .
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4 .
To move or pass swiftly ;
to hasten away ;
to circulate rapidly ;
as ,
a ship flies on the deep ;
a top flies around ;
rumor flies .
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Fly ,
envious Time ,
till thou run out thy race .
--
Milton .
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The dark waves murmured as the ships flew on .
--
Bryant .
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5 .
To run from danger ;
to attempt to escape ;
to flee ;
as ,
an enemy or a coward flies .
See Note under {
Flee }.
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Fly ,
ere evil intercept thy flight . --
Milton .
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Whither shall I fly to escape their hands ? --
Shak .
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6 .
To move suddenly ,
or with violence ;
to do an act suddenly or swiftly ; --
usually with a qualifying word ;
as ,
a door flies open ;
a bomb flies apart .
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{
To fly about } (
Naut .),
to change frequently in a short time ;
--
said of the wind .
{
To fly around },
to move about in haste . [
Colloq .]
{
To fly at },
to spring toward ;
to rush on ;
to attack suddenly .
{
To fly in the face of },
to insult ;
to assail ;
to set at defiance ;
to oppose with violence ;
to act in direct opposition to ;
to resist .
{
To fly off },
to separate ,
or become detached suddenly ;
to revolt .
{
To fly on },
to attack .
{
To fly open },
to open suddenly ,
or with violence .
{
To fly out }.
(
a )
To rush out .
(
b )
To burst into a passion ;
to break out into license .
{
To let fly }.
(
a )
To throw or drive with violence ;
to discharge . "
A man lets fly his arrow without taking any aim ." --
Addison .
(
b ) (
Naut .)
To let go suddenly and entirely ;
as ,
to let fly the sheets .
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Flying \
Fly "
ing \,
a . [
From {
Fly },
v .
i .]
Moving in the air with ,
or as with ,
wings ;
moving lightly or rapidly ;
intended for rapid movement .
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{
Flying army } (
Mil .)
a body of cavalry and infantry ,
kept in motion ,
to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy in continual alarm . --
Farrow .
{
Flying artillery } (
Mil .),
artillery trained to rapid evolutions , --
the men being either mounted or trained to spring upon the guns and caissons when they change position .
{
Flying bridge }, {
Flying camp }.
See under {
Bridge },
and {
Camp }.
{
Flying buttress } (
Arch .),
a contrivance for taking up the thrust of a roof or vault which can not be supported by ordinary buttresses .
It consists of a straight bar of masonry ,
usually sloping ,
carried on an arch ,
and a solid pier or buttress sufficient to receive the thrust .
The word is generally applied only to the straight bar with supporting arch .
{
Flying colors },
flags unfurled and waving in the air ;
hence :
{
To come off with flying colors },
to be victorious ;
to succeed thoroughly in an undertaking .
{
Flying doe } (
Zool .),
a young female kangaroo .
{
Flying dragon }.
(
a ) (
Zool .)
See {
Dragon },
6 .
(
b )
A meteor .
See under {
Dragon }.
{
Flying Dutchman }.
(
a )
A fabled Dutch mariner condemned for his crimes to sail the seas till the day of judgment .
(
b )
A spectral ship .
{
Flying fish }. (
Zool .)
See {
Flying fish },
in the Vocabulary .
{
Flying fox } (
Zool .),
see {
Flying fox }
in the vocabulary .
{
Flying frog } (
Zool .),
either of two East Indian tree frogs of the genus {
Rhacophorus } ({
Rhacophorus nigrapalmatus }
and {
Rhacophorus pardalis }),
having very large and broadly webbed feet ,
which serve as parachutes ,
and enable it to make very long leaps .
{
Flying gurnard } (
Zool .),
a species of gurnard of the genus {
Cephalacanthus }
or {
Dactylopterus },
with very large pectoral fins ,
said to be able to fly like the flying fish ,
but not for so great a distance .
Note :
Three species are known ;
that of the Atlantic is {
Cephalacanthus volitans }.
{
Flying jib } (
Naut .),
a sail extended outside of the standing jib ,
on the flying -
jib boom .
{
Flying -
jib boom } (
Naut .),
an extension of the jib boom .
{
Flying kites } (
Naut .),
light sails carried only in fine weather .
{
Flying lemur }. (
Zool .)
See {
Colugo }.
{
Flying level } (
Civil Engin .),
a reconnoissance level over the course of a projected road ,
canal ,
etc .
{
Flying lizard }. (
Zool .)
See {
Dragon },
n .
6 .
{
Flying machine },
any apparatus for navigating through the air ,
especially a heavier -
than -
air machine . -- {
Flying mouse } (
Zool .),
the opossum mouse ({
Acrobates pygm [
ae ]
us }),
a marsupial of Australia .
Called also {
feathertail glider }.
Note :
It has lateral folds of skin ,
like the flying squirrels ,
and a featherlike tail . -- {
Flying party }
(
Mil .),
a body of soldiers detailed to hover about an enemy . -- {
Flying phalanger } (
Zool .),
one of several species of small marsuupials of the genera {
Petaurus }
and {
Belideus },
of Australia and New Guinea ,
having lateral folds like those of the flying squirrels .
The sugar squirrel ({
Belideus sciureus }),
and the ariel ({
Belideus ariel }),
are the best known ; --
called also {
squirrel petaurus }
and {
flying squirrel }.
See {
Sugar squirrel }. --
{
Flying pinion },
the fly of a clock . -- {
Flying sap } (
Mil .),
the rapid construction of trenches (
when the enemy '
s fire of case shot precludes the method of simple trenching ),
by means of gabions placed in juxtaposition and filled with earth . -- {
Flying shot },
a shot fired at a moving object ,
as a bird on the wing . -- {
Flying spider }. (
Zool .)
See {
Ballooning spider }. -- {
Flying squid } (
Zool .),
an oceanic squid ({
Ommastrephes Bartramii }
syn . {
Sthenoteuthis Bartramii }),
abundant in the Gulf Stream ,
which is able to leap out of the water with such force that it often falls on the deck of a vessel . -- {
Flying squirrel } (
Zool .)
See {
Flying squirrel },
in the Vocabulary . -- {
Flying start },
a start in a sailing race in which the signal is given while the vessels are under way . -- {
Flying torch } (
Mil .),
a torch attached to a long staff and used for signaling at night .
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148 Moby Thesaurus words for "
flying ":
aeronautics ,
agile ,
air service ,
airborne ,
airline ,
ascending ,
astronautics ,
aviation ,
axial ,
back ,
back -
flowing ,
backward ,
ballooning ,
blind flying ,
breakneck ,
brittle ,
capricious ,
changeable ,
cloud -
seeding ,
commercial aviation ,
contact flying ,
corruptible ,
cruising ,
cursory ,
dashing ,
deciduous ,
descending ,
disappearing ,
dissolving ,
double -
quick ,
down -
trending ,
downward ,
drifting ,
dying ,
eagle -
winged ,
ephemeral ,
evanescent ,
evaporating ,
expeditious ,
express ,
fading ,
fast ,
festinate ,
feverish ,
fickle ,
fleet ,
fleeting ,
flight ,
flitting ,
flowing ,
fluent ,
fluttering ,
fly -
by -
night ,
fragile ,
frail ,
fugacious ,
fugitive ,
furious ,
galloping ,
general aviation ,
gliding ,
going ,
gyrational ,
gyratory ,
hair -
trigger ,
hasty ,
headlong ,
hovering ,
hurried ,
hustling ,
immediate ,
impermanent ,
impetuous ,
impulsive ,
inconstant ,
instant ,
insubstantial ,
jet -
propelled ,
last -
minute ,
light of heel ,
light -
footed ,
lively ,
melting ,
mercurial ,
momentary ,
mortal ,
mounting ,
mutable ,
nimble ,
nimble -
footed ,
nondurable ,
nonpermanent ,
on the spot ,
passing ,
perishable ,
pilotage ,
plunging ,
precipitate ,
progressive ,
prompt ,
quick ,
quick as lightning ,
quick as thought ,
rapid ,
reckless ,
reflowing ,
refluent ,
regressive ,
retrogressive ,
rising ,
rocket -
propelled ,
rotary ,
rotational ,
rotatory ,
running ,
rushing ,
sailing ,
sailplaning ,
short -
lived ,
sideward ,
sinking ,
slap -
bang ,
slapdash ,
snap ,
snappy ,
soaring ,
spanking ,
speedy ,
streaming ,
superficial ,
swift ,
temporal ,
temporary ,
transient ,
transitive ,
transitory ,
undurable ,
unenduring ,
unstable ,
up -
trending ,
upward ,
urgent ,
vanishing ,
volant ,
volatile ,
volitant ,
winged ,
winging
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