flying

英 [ˈflaɪɪŋ]

美 [ˈflaɪɪŋ]

adj.  能飞的
n.  乘飞机; 飞行; 飞行器驾驶
v.  飞; 飞翔; (在空中或宇宙)飞行，航行; (乘飞行器或航天器)航行，飞行
fly的现在分词

现在分词：flying　

Oxford 3000 / BNC.3653 / COCA.4902

习惯用语

adj.

with flying colours

adj.

noun

ADJ (动物)会飞的，有翼的
Aflyinganimal has wings and is able to fly.
1. ...species of flying insects.
  飞行昆虫的种类
PHRASE 有良好的开端;顺利开始
If someone or somethinggets off to a flying start, ormakes a flying start, they start very well, for example in a race or a new job.
1. Advertising revenue in the new financial year has got off to a flying start...
  广告收入在新财年取得了开门红。
2. Hendry made a flying start to the final.
  亨德利在决赛中取得梦幻开局。

noun

an instance of traveling by air
1. flying was still an exciting adventure for him
Synonym:flight

adj

hurried and brief
1. paid a flying visit
2. took a flying glance at the book
3. a quick inspection
4. a fast visit
Synonym:quickfast
moving swiftly
1. fast-flying planes
2. played the difficult passage with flying fingers
Synonym:fast-flying

Rumours had been flying around the workrooms all morning
整个早上流言在各工作间传来传去。
Flags have been flying at half-mast, and schools, offices and businesses have been closed.
降了半旗，学校、办公楼和商业场所也都关门了。
So far McAllister seemed to have passed all the tests with flying colors.
到目前为止，麦卡利斯特似乎所有的考试都考得非常好。
The explosion sent shrapnel flying through the sides of cars on the crowded highway
爆炸后飞溅出的炸弹碎片洞穿了拥堵在公路上的车辆车身。
Even the successful flying boats proved, in the end, uneconomical.
即使是成功的水上飞机最终也未能盈利。
The plane is flying a contrary direction.
飞机向相反的方向飞去。
Llewelyn's stallion shied as the wind sent sparks flying.
风一吹来，火星四溅，卢埃林的种马惊跳起来。
We're now flying high up over the mountains.
我们正在群山上空飞行。
Eyewitnesses spoke of rocks and shards of glass flying in the air.
目击者称空中石块和玻璃碎片四溅。
The wind sent sparks and cinders flying.
风吹得火星、灰渣乱飞。