Fleet

[fliːt] or [flit]

解释:

(noun.) a group of warships organized as a tactical unit.

(noun.) a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership.

(noun.) group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership.

(noun.) group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership.

(adj.) moving very fast; 'fleet of foot'; 'the fleet scurrying of squirrels'; 'a swift current'; 'swift flight of an arrow'; 'a swift runner' .

编辑:曼纽尔--From WordNet

解释:

(n. & a.) To sail; to float.

(n. & a.) To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance.

(n. & a.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.

(v. t.) To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf.

(v. t.) To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy.

(v. t.) To draw apart the blocks of; -- said of a tackle.

(v. t.) To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.

(v. i.) Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble.

(v. i.) Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.

(v. i.) A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.

(v. i.) A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name, -- as Fleet Street in London.

(v. i.) A former prison in London, which originally stood near a stream, the Fleet (now filled up).

(v. i.) To take the cream from; to skim.

编辑:特伦斯

同义词及近义词：

n. Flotilla, squadron, navy, ARMADA, company of ships.

a. Swift, rapid, quick.

编辑:兰尼

同义词及反义词：

[See SWIFT]

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解释:

adj. swift: nimble: transient: (prov.) shallow.—adjs. Fleet′-foot (Shak.) fleet or swift of foot; Fleet′ing passing quickly: temporary.—advs. Fleet′ingly; Fleet′ly.—n. Fleet′ness.

n. a number of ships in company esp. ships of war: a division of the navy commanded by an admiral.

n. a shallow creek or bay as in Northfleet Fleet-ditch &c.—The Fleet or Fleet Prison a London gaol down to 1842 long a place of confinement for debtors—clandestine marriages were solemnised here down to 1754 by broken-down clergymen confined for debt.

v.i. to flit pass swiftly.—v.t. (Shak.) to make to pass quickly:—pr.p. fleet′ing; pa.p. fleet′ed.

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