flight

中文： 飞行、飞、航班

1. The act of flying; the ability to fly. (countable, uncountable) · Most birds are capable of flight.· Bats are born with the instinct of flight.
2. An instance of flying. (countable, uncountable) · The migrating birds' flight took them to Africa.
3. The trajectory or passage through air or space of a projectile, ship, etc. (countable, uncountable) · The space shuttle's flight was carefully calculated long before takeoff.
4. A swift movement, especially as to escape; an escape. (countable, uncountable) · The lizard's immediate flight when startled makes it hard to catch.· The judge thought she was a flight risk.
5. A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance. (countable, uncountable) · The flight to Paris leaves at 7 o'clock tonight.· Where is the departure gate for flight 747? / Go straight down and to the right.
6. The aircraft used in a journey through air or space. (countable, uncountable) · He boarded the flight to Miami.
7. The movement of a spinning ball through the air from the bowler to where it bounces on the pitch. (countable, uncountable)
8. An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) · a flight of fancy; a flight of the imagination

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