fly
noun · verb · adjectiveA1- Tiếng Việt:
- bay
bay. Họ từ FLY — danh từ: flight; động từ: fly; tính từ: flying.
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
- 2.
(non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
- 3.
Those or any similar but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly, butterfly, or gallfly.
- 4.
(fishing) A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
- 5.
(weightlifting) A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
- 6.
(swimming) The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).
- 7.
(obsolete)A witch's familiar.
- 8.
(obsolete)A parasite.
- 9.
(preceded by definite article) A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
- 10.
(finance) A butterfly (combination of four options).
- 11.
(obsolete)The action of flying; flight.
- 12.
An act of flying.
There was a good wind, so I decided to give the kite a fly.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
Birds of passage fly to warmer regions as it gets colder in winter.
The Concorde flew from Paris to New York faster than any other passenger airplane.
It takes about eleven hours to fly from Frankfurt to Hong Kong.
The little fairy flew home on the back of her friend, the giant eagle.
Đồng nghĩa: flutter
- 2.
(ambitransitive, archaic, poetic)To flee, to escape (from).
Fly, my lord! The enemy are upon us!
- 3.
(ergative, transitive)To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
Charles Lindbergh flew his airplane The Spirit of St. Louis across the Atlantic ocean.
Why don’t you go outside and fly kites, kids? The wind is just perfect.
Birds fly their prey to their nest to feed it to their young.
Each day the postal service flies thousands of letters around the globe.
- 4.
(intransitive)To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.
He flew down the hill on his bicycle.
It's five o'clock already. Doesn't time fly?
The dark waves murmured as the ship flew on.
- 5.
(intransitive)To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
a door flies open
a bomb flies apart
- 6.
(intransitive)To proceed with great success.
His career is really flying at the moment.
One moment the company was flying high, the next it was on its knees.
- 7.
(colloquial, intransitive)(intransitive, colloquial, of a proposal, project or idea) To be accepted, come about or work out.
Let's see if that idea flies.
You know, I just don't think that's going to fly. Why don't you spend your time on something better?
- 8.
(ergative, transitive)To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
- 9.
(transitive)To hunt with a hawk.
- 10.
(intransitive)(intransitive, entomology, of a type of moth or butterfly) To be in the winged adult stage.
This species flies from late summer until frost.
- 11.
(intransitive)(intransitive, baseball) To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
Jones flied to right in his last at-bat.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(dated, slang)Quick-witted, alert, mentally sharp.
- 2.
(slang)Clandestine, surreptitious
- 3.
(slang)Well dressed, smart in appearance; in style, cool.
He's pretty fly.
- 4.
(slang)Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.
Cụm từ thường dùng
fly to
giới từ đi kèm
fly abroad
cụm thông dụng
time flies
cụm thông dụng
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From Middle English fflye, flehe, flei, fleie, fley, fleye, fleȝe, flie, fliȝe, flye, vliȝe, vlye, from Old English flēge, flēoge, flīeġe (a fly), from *fleugā, from Proto-Germanic *fleugǭ (a fly), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (to flow, fly, run; to splash), enlargement of *plew- (to flow, fly, run).