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flying 音标拼音: [fl'ɑɪɪŋ] a. 飞的,飘扬的,飞速的
n. 飞行,飞花 飞的,飘扬的,飞速的飞行,飞花 flying浮起的 flying飞 flying adj 1: moving swiftly; " fast- flying planes"; " played the difficult passage with flying fingers" [ synonym: { fast- flying}, { flying}] 2: hurried and brief; " paid a flying visit"; " took a flying glance at the book"; " a quick inspection"; " a fast visit" [ synonym: { flying}, { quick}, { fast}] n 1: an instance of traveling by air; " flying was still an exciting adventure for him" [ synonym: { flight}, { flying}] Fly \ Fly\ ( fl[ imac]), v. i. [ imp. { Flew} ( fl[= u]); p. p. { Flown} ( fl[= o] n); p. pr. & vb. n. { Flying}.] [ OE. fleen, fleen, fleyen, flegen, AS. fle[' o] gan; akin to D. vliegen, OHG. fliogan, G. fliegen, Icel. flj[= u] ga, Sw. flyga, Dan. flyve, Goth. us- flaugjan to cause to fly away, blow about, and perh. to L. pluma feather, E. plume. [ root] 84. Cf. { Fledge}, { Flight}, { Flock} of animals.] 1. To move in or pass through the air with wings, as a bird. 2. To move through the air or before the wind; esp., to pass or be driven rapidly through the air by any impulse. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To float, wave, or rise in the air, as sparks or a flag. [ 1913 Webster] Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. -- Job v. 7. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To move or pass swiftly; to hasten away; to circulate rapidly; as, a ship flies on the deep; a top flies around; rumor flies. [ 1913 Webster] Fly, envious Time, till thou run out thy race. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] The dark waves murmured as the ships flew on. -- Bryant. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To run from danger; to attempt to escape; to flee; as, an enemy or a coward flies. See Note under { Flee}. [ 1913 Webster] Fly, ere evil intercept thy flight. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Whither shall I fly to escape their hands ? -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 6. To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly; -- usually with a qualifying word; as, a door flies open; a bomb flies apart. [ 1913 Webster] { To fly about} ( Naut.), to change frequently in a short time; -- said of the wind. { To fly around}, to move about in haste. [ Colloq.] { To fly at}, to spring toward; to rush on; to attack suddenly. { To fly in the face of}, to insult; to assail; to set at defiance; to oppose with violence; to act in direct opposition to; to resist. { To fly off}, to separate, or become detached suddenly; to revolt. { To fly on}, to attack. { To fly open}, to open suddenly, or with violence. { To fly out}. ( a) To rush out. ( b) To burst into a passion; to break out into license. { To let fly}. ( a) To throw or drive with violence; to discharge. " A man lets fly his arrow without taking any aim." -- Addison. ( b) ( Naut.) To let go suddenly and entirely; as, to let fly the sheets. [ 1913 Webster]
Flying \ Fly" ing\, a. [ From { Fly}, v. i.] Moving in the air with, or as with, wings; moving lightly or rapidly; intended for rapid movement. [ 1913 Webster] { Flying army} ( Mil.) a body of cavalry and infantry, kept in motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy in continual alarm. -- Farrow. { Flying artillery} ( Mil.), artillery trained to rapid evolutions, -- the men being either mounted or trained to spring upon the guns and caissons when they change position. { Flying bridge}, { Flying camp}. See under { Bridge}, and { Camp}. { Flying buttress} ( Arch.), a contrivance for taking up the thrust of a roof or vault which can not be supported by ordinary buttresses. It consists of a straight bar of masonry, usually sloping, carried on an arch, and a solid pier or buttress sufficient to receive the thrust. The word is generally applied only to the straight bar with supporting arch. { Flying colors}, flags unfurled and waving in the air; hence: { To come off with flying colors}, to be victorious; to succeed thoroughly in an undertaking. { Flying doe} ( Zool.), a young female kangaroo. { Flying dragon}. ( a) ( Zool.) See { Dragon}, 6. ( b) A meteor. See under { Dragon}. { Flying Dutchman}. ( a) A fabled Dutch mariner condemned for his crimes to sail the seas till the day of judgment. ( b) A spectral ship. { Flying fish}. ( Zool.) See { Flying fish}, in the Vocabulary. { Flying fox} ( Zool.), see { Flying fox} in the vocabulary. { Flying frog} ( Zool.), either of two East Indian tree frogs of the genus { Rhacophorus} ({ Rhacophorus nigrapalmatus} and { Rhacophorus pardalis}), having very large and broadly webbed feet, which serve as parachutes, and enable it to make very long leaps. { Flying gurnard} ( Zool.), a species of gurnard of the genus { Cephalacanthus} or { Dactylopterus}, with very large pectoral fins, said to be able to fly like the flying fish, but not for so great a distance. Note: Three species are known; that of the Atlantic is { Cephalacanthus volitans}. { Flying jib} ( Naut.), a sail extended outside of the standing jib, on the flying- jib boom. { Flying- jib boom} ( Naut.), an extension of the jib boom. { Flying kites} ( Naut.), light sails carried only in fine weather. { Flying lemur}. ( Zool.) See { Colugo}. { Flying level} ( Civil Engin.), a reconnoissance level over the course of a projected road, canal, etc. { Flying lizard}. ( Zool.) See { Dragon}, n. 6. { Flying machine}, any apparatus for navigating through the air, especially a heavier- than- air machine. -- { Flying mouse} ( Zool.), the opossum mouse ({ Acrobates pygm[ ae] us}), a marsupial of Australia. Called also { feathertail glider}. Note: It has lateral folds of skin, like the flying squirrels, and a featherlike tail. -- { Flying party} ( Mil.), a body of soldiers detailed to hover about an enemy. -- { Flying phalanger} ( Zool.), one of several species of small marsuupials of the genera { Petaurus} and { Belideus}, of Australia and New Guinea, having lateral folds like those of the flying squirrels. The sugar squirrel ({ Belideus sciureus}), and the ariel ({ Belideus ariel}), are the best known; -- called also { squirrel petaurus} and { flying squirrel}. See { Sugar squirrel}. -- { Flying pinion}, the fly of a clock. -- { Flying sap} ( Mil.), the rapid construction of trenches ( when the enemy' s fire of case shot precludes the method of simple trenching), by means of gabions placed in juxtaposition and filled with earth. -- { Flying shot}, a shot fired at a moving object, as a bird on the wing. -- { Flying spider}. ( Zool.) See { Ballooning spider}. -- { Flying squid} ( Zool.), an oceanic squid ({ Ommastrephes Bartramii} syn. { Sthenoteuthis Bartramii}), abundant in the Gulf Stream, which is able to leap out of the water with such force that it often falls on the deck of a vessel. -- { Flying squirrel} ( Zool.) See { Flying squirrel}, in the Vocabulary. -- { Flying start}, a start in a sailing race in which the signal is given while the vessels are under way. -- { Flying torch} ( Mil.), a torch attached to a long staff and used for signaling at night. [ 1913 Webster] 148 Moby Thesaurus words for " flying": aeronautics, agile, air service, airborne, airline, ascending, astronautics, aviation, axial, back, back- flowing, backward, ballooning, blind flying, breakneck, brittle, capricious, changeable, cloud- seeding, commercial aviation, contact flying, corruptible, cruising, cursory, dashing, deciduous, descending, disappearing, dissolving, double- quick, down- trending, downward, drifting, dying, eagle- winged, ephemeral, evanescent, evaporating, expeditious, express, fading, fast, festinate, feverish, fickle, fleet, fleeting, flight, flitting, flowing, fluent, fluttering, fly- by- night, fragile, frail, fugacious, fugitive, furious, galloping, general aviation, gliding, going, gyrational, gyratory, hair- trigger, hasty, headlong, hovering, hurried, hustling, immediate, impermanent, impetuous, impulsive, inconstant, instant, insubstantial, jet- propelled, last- minute, light of heel, light- footed, lively, melting, mercurial, momentary, mortal, mounting, mutable, nimble, nimble- footed, nondurable, nonpermanent, on the spot, passing, perishable, pilotage, plunging, precipitate, progressive, prompt, quick, quick as lightning, quick as thought, rapid, reckless, reflowing, refluent, regressive, retrogressive, rising, rocket- propelled, rotary, rotational, rotatory, running, rushing, sailing, sailplaning, short- lived, sideward, sinking, slap- bang, slapdash, snap, snappy, soaring, spanking, speedy, streaming, superficial, swift, temporal, temporary, transient, transitive, transitory, undurable, unenduring, unstable, up- trending, upward, urgent, vanishing, volant, volatile, volitant, winged, winging |
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