Fleet
[fliːt] or [flit]
解釋/意思:
(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' .
編輯:曼纽尔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
編輯:特伦斯
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Flotilla, squadron, navy, ARMADA, company of ships.
a. Swift, rapid, quick.
編輯:兰尼
同義詞及反義詞:
[See SWIFT]
艾哈迈德校對
解釋/意思:
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.
伊莱錄入
娱乐性解釋/意思:
To see a large fleet moving rapidly in your dreams, denotes a hasty change in the business world. Where dulness oppressed, brisk workings of commercial wheels will go forward and some rumors of foreign wars will be heard.
阿伊达整理
例句/造句/用法:
- This is the Fleet, ma'am. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The Dutch fleet, frozen in the Texel, surrendered to a handful of cavalry without firing its guns. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- A wild cry of exultation arose from the Heliumite squadron, and with redoubled ferocity they fell upon the Zodangan fleet. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- He commands this fleet which has been searching for her since. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- It could be nothing other than a fleet of war. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Haven't I seen you in the Fleet over and over again for contempt? 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- But it is not to be wondered at since no enemy guessed the existence upon Barsoom of such a fleet, or even of the First Born, or the Sea of Omean. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- The fleet followed him by sea, and rejoined him at the entrance to the Persian Gulf. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Ask the black that sweeps opposite Fleet Market, sir. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- You can go to the Fleet, my dear Sir, if you're determined to go somewhere,' said Perker. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Now the two great fleets closed in a titanic struggle far above the fiendish din of battle in the gorgeous gardens of the therns. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- We have great fleets in the Mediterranean, but they seldom touch at African ports. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Fleets and armies are maintained, not with gold and silver, but with consumable goods. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- His fleets also took Algiers, and inflicted a number of reverses upon the Venetians. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The persons employed in the finances, fleets, and magistracy, are instances of this order of men. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The whaling fleets, long after gas came into use, were one of the greatest sources of our national wealth. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- To-day her piers are deserted, her warehouses are empty, her merchant fleets are vanished, her armies and her navies are but memories. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- A signal legible to every sailor of all the fleets engaged in that fierce struggle was strung aloft upon the flagship. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- There could be little or no manoeuvering of fleets in that crowded, fire-split sky. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- The sky was black with the three enormous fleets. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- The thought was fleeting; for his attention was instantly drawn towards the inhabitant of this wretched abode. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- It was impossible to help fleeting visions of another kind--new dignities and an acknowledged value of which she had often felt the absence. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Volley after volley they vomited upon the temple guards; volley on volley crashed through the thin air toward the fleeting and illusive fliers. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- He tried to scramble up the side of the cabin, and succeeded in catching a fleeting hold upon the thatched roof. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- He, too, had caught a fleeting backward glimpse of cruel yellow eyes and half open mouth within startling proximity of his person. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- This fleeting glimpse of her past served to emphasize the sense of aimlessness with which Lily at length turned toward home. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- I caught a fleeting grin passing across the features of the black as he heard her words. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- We stepped, as it were, right out of the carriage and into the hall, so that I failed to catch the most fleeting glance of the front of the house. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- How fleeting are the wishes and efforts of man! 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- At last he saw it, the thing the little monkeys so feared--the man-brute of which the Claytons had caught occasional fleeting glimpses. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
校對:斯宾塞