English Dictionary

flight

/flaɪt/

noun

The act of flying. / An instance of flying. / (collective) A collective term for doves or swallows.

I booked a flight to Paris.

意味（1）

The act of flying.

Most birds are capable of flight.

意味（2）

An instance of flying.

The migrating birds' flight took them to Africa.

意味（3）

(collective) A collective term for doves or swallows.

a flight of swallows

意味（4）

A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.

The flight to Paris leaves at 7 o'clock tonight.

意味（5）

A series of stairs between landings.

She crept up the stairs … On she went, across the landing, from which sprang the tall window, and up the next flight until she reached the top.

意味（6）

A group of canal locks with a short distance between them

意味（7）

A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.

How many flights is it up?

意味（8）

The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.

Baſſ. In my ſchoole dayes, when I had loſt one ſhaft / I ſhot his fellow of the ſelfeſame flight / The ſelfeſame way, with more aduiſed watch / To finde the other forth, and by aduenturing both, / I oft found both. I vrge this child-hoode proofe, […]

意味（9）

A paper airplane.

意味（10）

(cricket) The movement of a spinning ball through the air - concerns its speed, trajectory and drift.

意味（11）

The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.

意味（12）

An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.

意味（13）

An air force unit.

意味（14）

Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full glass and the flight will generally include three to five different samples.

意味（15）

(engineering) The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.

意味（16）

An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming.

a flight of fancy; a flight of the imagination