单词 | fly-past |
释义 | fly-pastn. The action of flying past, or forming part of a procession of aircraft; also, a fly-by (sense b). ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > [noun] > a flight through air or space > over or past fly-past1914 flyover1931 fly-by1953 overflight1958 fly-through1976 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > type of show or spectacle > [noun] > parade or procession processionOE precessiona1400 walking1449 pomp1482 solemnity1636 parade1673 promenadea1734 processionade1762 processional1820 march past1832 fly-past1914 paseo1927 1914 Flight 24 July 791 The machines which took part in the ‘fly past’ were three of the big 160 h.p. Gnome-Short machines. 1928 Daily Express 12 Oct. 1 At the end of the display when a fly-past of five different types of bombers was taking place. 1956 Times 8 May 9/5 From the balcony of Buckingham Palace, the Queen will take the salute at a fly-past of RAF aircraft. 1967 Times 19 Oct. 11/2 The American fly-past [of Venus]..cannot compete in results with the Russian soft landing. 1971 Daily Tel. 21 Aug. 4/5 A 21-gun salute and a fly past by South African air force jets completed his send-off. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1914 |
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