English Dictionary

fleet

/fliːt/

noun

A group of vessels or vehicles. / Any group of associated items. / A large, coordinated group of people.

The company has a large fleet of trucks for transportation.

意味（1）

A group of vessels or vehicles.

He did discourse to us of the Dutch fleete being abroad, eighty-five of them still, and are now at the Texell, he believes, in expectation of our Eastland ships coming home with masts and hempe, and our loaden Hambrough ships going to Hambrough.

意味（2）

Any group of associated items.

This is especially true in distributed printing environments, where a fleet of printers is shared by users on a network.

意味（3）

A large, coordinated group of people.

And after the past few days, in which a fleet of Republicans and the president himself have utilized Jews as human shields for racist rhetoric, the Jews are tired, tired, tired of being used as defenses against naked racism, tired of being used to justify conditions at detention camps. Just plain tired.

意味（4）

(nautical) A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.

Despite the line proving to be a useful strategic route for men and supplies to the British naval fleets stationed at Scapa Flow in both world wars, the Duke's legacy looked to have passed into history when it was listed for closure in the infamous Beeching report.

意味（5）

(nautical, British Royal Navy) Any command of vessels exceeding a squadron in size, or a rear admiral's command, composed of five sail-of-the-line, with any number of smaller vessels.