单词 | fleets |
释义 | fleet1 /flēt/noun
ORIGIN: OE flēot a ship, from flēotan to float; connected with Du vloot and Ger Flotte Fleet Air Arm noun The airborne forces of the Royal Navy fleet3 /flēt/intransitive verb
To cause to pass quickly adjective (dialect)Shallow ORIGIN: OE flēotan to float fleetˈing adjective
fleetˈingly adverb fleet4 /flēt/noun (dialect)A shallow creek, bay, brook or drain, as in Northfleet, Fleet-ditch, etc ORIGIN: OE flēot an inlet Fleet Prison or the Fleet noun (historical) A London jail near the Fleet river, in use until 1842, notorious as a place of confinement for debtors, and in which clandestine marriages were solemnized until 1754 by Fleet parsons, broken-down clergymen imprisoned for debt Fleet Street noun Journalism or its ways and traditions, from the street in London in which many newspaper offices were formerly situated |
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