单词 | flying |
释义 | flying /fluy"ing/, adj. 1. making flight or passing through the air; that flies: a flying insect; an unidentified flying object. 2. floating, fluttering, waving, hanging, or moving freely in the air: flying banners; flying hair. 3. extending through the air. 4. moving swiftly. 5. made while moving swiftly: a flying leap. 6. very hasty or brief; fleeting or transitory: a flying visit; a flying remark. 7. designed or organized for swift movement or action. 8. fleeing, running away, or taking flight: They pursued the flying enemy. 9. Naut. (of a sail) having none of its edges fastened to spars or stays. n. 10. the act of moving through the air on wings; flight. adv. 11. Naut. without being fastened to a yard, stay, or the like: a sail set flying. [bef. 1000; ME (n.); OE fleogende (adj.). See FLY1, -ING2, -ING1] |
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