flight

• 指在空中飞行、航行的行为或过程，通常指乘飞机旅行；也可指一次航班或航空旅行。

A noun referring to the act, process, or instance of traveling through the air, typically by aircraft, or the journey itself.

1. Journey by airA1formal

   A journey made by an aircraft through the air.

   飞行旅程

   • Our flight to Paris was delayed by two hours.
   • She booked a direct flight from London to New York.
   • The flight attendant served drinks during the flight.

   同义词hop

2. Act of flyingA2formal

   The action or process of moving through the air.

   飞行

   • The flight of the eagle was majestic.
   • Birds take flight at the first sign of danger.
   • The flight of the paper airplane was surprisingly long.

   同义词flying

3. Set of stairsA2formal

   A series of steps between two floors or levels in a building.

   楼梯段

   • She climbed the flight of stairs to the second floor.
   • There is a short flight of steps leading to the garden.
   • He ran up the flight of stairs to catch the elevator.

   同义词staircasestairway

4. Escape or retreatB2formal

   The act of running away or escaping from a dangerous situation.

   逃跑

   • The thief took flight when he heard the police siren.
   • The sudden flight of the animals signaled danger.
   • Their flight from the war-torn country was harrowing.

   同义词escapegetawayretreatrout

   反义词confrontationstandstay

• 动词，指射猎飞行中的鸟；也指使某物在空中快速移动。

A verb used to indicate the act of shooting or hunting birds in flight, or to cause something to move swiftly through the air.

1. To shoot or hunt birdsC2formalbritish

   To shoot at birds in flight, or to hunt game birds.

   猎鸟

   • The hunters went out to flight pheasants in the fields.
   • He spent the morning flighting ducks near the lake.
   • They flighted grouse on the moors during the season.

   同义词gunhuntshoot

2. To cause to flyC2formal

   To send something, such as an arrow or a ball, through the air.

   使飞翔

   • The archer flighted the arrow toward the target.
   • He flighted the ball over the goalkeeper's head.
   • She flighted the shuttlecock with precision.

   同义词castdispatchflinghurllaunchprojectpropelsendshootthrow