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flight1/flait/ n. & v.●n. 1a the act or manner of flying through the air 飞行，飞翔；飞行方式 studied swallows' flight 研究过燕子的飞行 b the swift movement or passage of a projectile etc. through the air (射弹等在空中的)快速飞行 the flight of an arrow 箭的飞行 2a a journey made through the air or in space 空中(或宇宙)旅行 b a timetabled journey made by an airline 航班的定期飞行 c an RAF or USAF unit of about six aircraft 英国皇家空军(或美国空军)的飞行小队(约有 6 架飞机) 3a a flock or large body of birds, insects, etc., esp. when migrating (尤指迁徙中的)一群鸟(或昆虫等) b a migration 迁徙 4 (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 of) a series, esp. of stairs between floors, or of hurdles across a racetrack 一段楼梯(或阶梯)；(赛道的)一组跨栏 lives up six flights 住的地方要上 6 段楼梯 5 an extravagant soaring, a mental or verbal excursion or sally (of wit etc.) (智慧、妙语等的)奔放，迸发 a flight of fancy 想像的突发; a flight of ambition 雄心勃勃 6 the trajectory and pace of a ball in games (比赛中)球的(飞行)路线和速度 7 the distance that a bird, aircraft, or missile can fly (鸟、飞机或导弹)能飞的距离 8 (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 of) a volley 群射，齐发 a flight of arrows 齐发的箭 9 the tail of a dart 镖尾 10 the pursuit of game by a hawk (鹰对猎物的)追逐 11 swift passage (of time) (时间的)飞逝 ●v. tr. 1 Brit. vary the trajectory and pace of (a cricket ball etc.) [英]改变(板球等的)飞行路线和速度 2 provide (an arrow) with feathers 给(箭)装上羽毛 3 shoot (wildfowl etc.) in flight 射击(飞行中的飞禽等) □ in the first (or top) flight taking a leading place 占首位，领先 □ take (or wing) one's flight fly 飞行，飞翔 [Old English flyht from West Germanic: related to FLY1] |