English Dictionary

fly

/flaɪ/

verb

(intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface. / (transitive, intransitive, archaic, poetic) To flee, to escape (from).

Birds can fly long distances without getting tired.

意味（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.

意味（2）

(transitive, intransitive, archaic, poetic) To flee, to escape (from).

Fly, my lord! The enemy are upon us!

意味（3）

(transitive, ergative) 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.

意味（4）

(intransitive) To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.

He flew down the hill on his bicycle.

意味（5）

(intransitive) To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.

a door flies open

意味（6）

(intransitive) To proceed with great success.

His career is really flying at the moment.

意味（7）

(intransitive, colloquial, of a proposal, project or idea) To be accepted, come about or work out.

Let's see if that idea flies.

意味（8）

(transitive, ergative) To display (a flag) on a flagpole.

意味（9）

(transitive) To hunt with a hawk.

We'll fly the partridge, or go rouse the deer.

意味（10）

(intransitive, entomology, of a type of moth or butterfly) To be in the winged adult stage.

This species flies from late summer until frost.