flying

flying /flying/
  • danh từ
    • sự bay
    • chuyến bay
    • tính từ
      • bay
      • mau chóng, chớp nhoáng
        • a flying visit: cuộc đi thăm chớp nhoáng

    Xem thêm: flight, fast-flying, aflare, flaring, waving, quick, fast, tent-fly, rainfly, fly sheet, tent flap, fly front, fly ball, wing, aviate, pilot, fell, vanish, flee, take flight, vanish, vaporize



    flying

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      n.

    • an instance of traveling by air; flight

      flying was still an exciting adventure for him

      adj.

    • capable of or engaged in flight

      the bat is a flying animal

    • moving swiftly; fast-flying

      fast-flying planes

      played the difficult passage with flying fingers

    • streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air; aflare, flaring, waving

      ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her

      flying banners

      flags waving in the breeze

    • designed for swift movement or action

      a flying police squad is trained for quick action anywhere in the city

    • of or relating to passage through the air (especially aviation)

      a flying time of three hours between cities

      unidentified flying objects

    • hurried and brief; quick, fast

      paid a flying visit

      took a flying glance at the book

      a quick inspection

      a fast visit

    • done swiftly in or as if in the air; used e.g. of a racing start in which runners are already in motion as they cross the starting line

      a flying start

      crossed the goal line with a flying leap

      n.

    • two-winged insects characterized by active flight
    • flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent; tent-fly, rainfly, fly sheet, tent flap
    • an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth; fly front
    • (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air; fly ball
    • fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect

      v.

    • travel through the air; be airborne; wing

      Man cannot fly

    • move quickly or suddenly

      He flew about the place

    • fly a plane; aviate, pilot
    • transport by aeroplane

      We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America

    • cause to fly or float

      fly a kite

    • be dispersed or disseminated

      Rumors and accusations are flying

    • change quickly from one emotional state to another

      fly into a rage

    • pass away rapidly; fell, vanish

      Time flies like an arrow

      Time fleeing beneath him

    • travel in an airplane

      she is flying to Cincinnati tonight

      Are we driving or flying?

    • display in the air or cause to float

      fly a kite

      All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N.

    • run away quickly; flee, take flight

      He threw down his gun and fled

    • travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft

      Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic

    • hit a fly
    • decrease rapidly and disappear; vanish, vaporize

      the money vanished in las Vegas

      all my stock assets have vaporized

      adj.

    • (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked

    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

    flies|flown|flying|flew
    syn.: coast flee glide insect run away sail wing

    ant.: crash fall