新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

fly

英 [flaɪ]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

flies
1. [C 可数名词] 苍蝇
A fly is a small insect with two wings. There are many kinds of flies, and the most common are black in colour.
双语例句
例：
Flies buzzed at the animals' swishing tails.
苍蝇在动物甩动的尾巴边嗡嗡叫。
2. [C 可数名词] 裤子的前开口
The front opening on a pair of trousers is referred to as the flies or fly. It usually consists of a zip or row of buttons behind a band of cloth.
双语例句
例：
I'm the kind of person who checks to see if my flies are undone.
我是那种会检查裤子开口是否拉上的人。

PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

fly into
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 突然爆发（脾气） , 突然陷入（某种情绪）
If you fly into a bad temper or a panic, you suddenly become very angry or anxious and show this in your behaviour.
双语例句
例：
Losing a game would cause him to fly into a rage.
输掉比赛会使他大发雷霆。

PHRASE. 习语

wouldn't hurt a fly
1. 连一只蚂蚁都不会伤害（指温柔善良）
If you say that someone wouldn't hurt a fly or wouldn't harm a fly, you are emphasizing that they are very kind and gentle.
双语例句
例：
Ray wouldn't hurt a fly.
雷很温柔善良。
on the fly
1. 迅速地 , 匆忙地
If you do something on the fly, you do it quickly or automatically, without planning it in advance.
双语例句
例：
You've got to be able to make decisions on the fly as deadlines loom.
你必须能够立刻作出决定，因为最后期限迫在眉睫。
let fly
1. 攻击
If you let fly, you attack someone, either physically by hitting them, or with words by insulting them.
双语例句
例：
A simmering dispute ended with her letting fly with a stream of obscenities.
激烈的争吵以她那一连串带有污言秽语的攻击而告终。
send flying , go flying
1. 把（某人或某物）打翻在地
If you send someone or something flying or if they go flying, they move through the air and fall down with a lot of force.
双语例句
例：
The blow sent the young man flying.
那一击将那年轻人打翻在地。

VERB. 动词

flies , flying , flew , flown
1. [T 及物动词] 飞
When something such as a bird, insect, or aircraft flies, it moves through the air.
双语例句
例：
The planes flew through the clouds.
飞机穿越云层。
2. [I 不及物动词] 乘飞机
If you fly somewhere, you travel there in an aircraft.
双语例句
例：
He flew to Los Angeles.
他乘飞机去洛杉矶。
例：
He flew back to London.
他乘飞机回到伦敦。
3. [I 不及物动词] 驾驶（飞机） , 驾驶飞机
When someone flies an aircraft, they control its movement in the air.
双语例句
例：
Parker had successfully flown both aircraft.
帕克成功地驾驶过这两架飞机。
例：
He flew a small plane to Cuba.
他驾驶一架小飞机去古巴。
例：
I learned to fly in Vietnam.
我在越南学会了驾驶飞机。
4. [T 及物动词] 空运
To fly someone or something somewhere means to take or send them there in an aircraft.
双语例句
例：
It may be possible to fly the women and children out on Thursday.
周四有可能将这些妇女和儿童空运出去。
5. [I 不及物动词] 飞舞
If something such as your hair is flying about, it is moving about freely and loosely in the air.
双语例句
例：
His long, uncovered hair flew back in the wind.
他那漏在外面的长发随风向后飞舞。
6. [I 不及物动词] 升（旗） , （旗帜）飘扬
If you fly a flag or if it is flying, you display it at the top of a pole.
双语例句
例：
They flew the flag of the African National Congress.
他们升起了非洲国民大会的旗帜。
7. [I 不及物动词] 飞奔
If you say that someone or something flies in a particular direction, you are emphasizing that they move there with a lot of speed or force.
双语例句
例：
She flew to their bedsides when they were ill.
她在他们生病时飞奔到他们的床边。