low-flyv.

Brit.

/ˌləʊˈflʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈloʊˈˌflaɪ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: low adv., fly v.¹

Etymology: < low adv. + fly v.¹

intransitive. To fly at a low altitude.

ΚΠ

1844 Graham's Mag. Mar. 102/1 And now, low flying to their wood, those distant crows..are lost, as closer the twilight draws.

1881 O. Wilde Poems 69 Young Mercury Low-flying to the dusky ford of Dis.

1949 Happy Landings July 8/1 One pilot, low flying over the Continent, had his aircraft blown-up.

1994 S. Matheson Flying Frontiers ix. 151 Two of us got caught low-flying in Harvard trainer aircraft. They measured us at 27 feet off the ground, two airplanes in close formation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	low-fly
释义	low-flyv. Brit. /ˌləʊˈflʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈloʊˈˌflaɪ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: low adv., fly v.¹ Etymology: < low adv. + fly v.¹ intransitive. To fly at a low altitude. ΚΠ 1844 Graham's Mag. Mar. 102/1 And now, low flying to their wood, those distant crows..are lost, as closer the twilight draws. 1881 O. Wilde Poems 69 Young Mercury Low-flying to the dusky ford of Dis. 1949 Happy Landings July 8/1 One pilot, low flying over the Continent, had his aircraft blown-up. 1994 S. Matheson Flying Frontiers ix. 151 Two of us got caught low-flying in Harvard trainer aircraft. They measured us at 27 feet off the ground, two airplanes in close formation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1844
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