| 单词 | flight |
| 释义 | flight (once / 94 pages) 1nv 2n 3n 4v WORD FAMILY flight: flighted, flighting, flightless, flights, overflight+/overflight: overflights USAGE EXAMPLESIn one case, he was chided for spending $127,000 in public funds for a special sleeping cabin on a flight to London. Time(Jan 02, 2017) He said the agency apologizes to travelers who were delayed getting into the country after long flights. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Rescue crews met United Express Flight 6060 on the tarmac after authorities learned during the flight that the man was trapped with passengers’ luggage. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n an instance of traveling by air Syn|Hypo|Hyper flying acrobatics, aerobatics, stunt flying, stunting the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft blind flying, blind landingusing only instruments for flying an aircraft because you cannot see through clouds or mists etc. ballooningflying in a balloon fly-by, flyover, flypasta flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground glide, gliding, sailing, sailplaning, soaringthe activity of flying a glider maiden flightthe first flight of its kind overflighta flight by an aircraft over a particular area (especially over an area in foreign territory) passa flight or run by an aircraft over a target soloa flight in which the aircraft pilot is unaccompanied sortie(military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation) low level flight, terrain flightflight at very low altitudes hang glidinggliding in a hang glider paragliding, parasailinggliding in a parasail spin, tailspinrapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral air, air travel, aviation travel via aircraft 2n the path followed by an object moving through space Syn|Hypo|Hyper trajectory ballistic trajectory, ballistics the trajectory of an object in free flight gravity-assist(spaceflight) a trajectory that passes close to a planetary body in order to gain energy from its gravitational field mechanical phenomenon a physical phenomenon associated with the equilibrium or motion of objects 3n a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports I took the noon flight to Chicago Hypo|Hyper connecting flight a flight with an intermediate stop and a change of aircraft (possibly a change of airlines) direct flighta flight with one or more intermediate stops but no change of aircraft domestic flighta flight that begins and ends in the same country international flighta flight that takes off in one country and lands in another nonstop, nonstop flighta flight made without intermediate stops between source and destination redeye, redeye flighta night flight from which the passengers emerge with eyes red from lack of sleep trip a journey for some purpose (usually including the return) 4n a flock of flying birds Hyper flock a group of birds 5n a formation of aircraft in flight Hyper formation an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit 6n an air force unit smaller than a squadron Hyper air unit a military unit that is part of the airforce 7v shoot a bird in flight Hyper pip, shoot kill by firing a missile 8v fly in a flock 2flighting wild geese Hyper fly, wing travel through the air; be airborne 1n the act of escaping physically his flight was an indication of his guilt Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper escape Hegira the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 which marked the beginning of the Muslim era; the Muslim calendar begins in that year Underground Railroadsecret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War evasion the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver break, breakout, gaolbreak, jailbreak, prison-breaking, prisonbreakan escape from jail getaway, lama rapid escape (as by criminals) exodus, hegira, hejiraa journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment skedaddlea hasty flight eluding, elusion, slipthe act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) evasive action, maneuver, manoeuvrean action aimed at evading an opponent dodgea quick evasive movement running away the act of leaving (without permission) the place you are expected to be 2n passing above and beyond ordinary bounds 3a flight of fancy flights of rhetoric flights of imagination Hyper creative thinking, creativeness, creativity the ability to create n a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next 4Syn|Hyper flight of stairs, flight of steps staircase, stairway a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps v decorate with feathers Syn|Hyper fledge adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. |
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