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- a group of ships sailing together, engaged in the same activity, or under the same ownership舰队, 船队：
the small port supports a fishing fleet
一支捕鱼船队以此小港为母港
a fleet of battleships.
战列舰舰队。
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the fleet
a country's navy（某国）海军：the US fleet.
美国海军。
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- a number of vehicles or aircraft operating together or under the same ownership（共同行动或所有权人相同的）车队（或机群）：
a fleet of ambulances took the injured to hospital.
救护车队把伤员送往医院。
词源
Old English flēot 'ship, shipping', from flēotan 'float, swim' （see FLEET5）.
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1- poetic/literary move or pass quickly〈诗/文〉疾驰, 飞逝, 掠过：
a variety of expressions fleeted across his face
他脸上飞快闪过各种表情
time may fleet and youth may fade.
光阴能飞逝, 青春会消失。
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- with obj. pass (time) rapidly使（时间）飞快地过去。
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- fade away; be transitory消失; 转瞬即逝：
the cares of boyhood fleet away.
少年时代的忧虑会飞快消失。
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