单词 | to take a flight |
释义 | > as lemmasto take a (also one's) flight a. Swift movement in general; esp. of a projectile, etc. through the air. Of the heavenly bodies: Swift and regular course. to take a (also one's) flight. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > heavenly body > movement of heavenly bodies > [noun] flighta1325 yerning1340 movinga1387 motec1392 lation1603 the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > [noun] > movement of projectile, etc., through air flight1545 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 137 Ðe seuene he bad on fligte faren And toknes ben. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 34 A perfyte archer muste firste learne to knowe the sure flyghte of his shaftes. 1660 J. Dryden Astræa Redux 13 Winds that tempests brew When through Arabian Groves they take their flight..lose their spight. 1684 R. Howlett School Recreat. 85 The Racket strikes..And so the Ball takes Flight. 1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xv. 320 Skill'd to direct the Javelin's distant Flight. 1801 T. Roberts Eng. Bowman x. 237 By comparing the flight of..sharp and blunt-piled arrows. 1818 P. B. Shelley tr. Homer To Castor & Pollux 8 Ships, whose flight is swift along the wave. 1846 W. Greener Sci. Gunnery (new ed.) 328 If a high velocity be given to them to ensure a horizontal flight, the quantity of powder exploded must be in proportion. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. x. 325 Watching the flight of the clouds. < as lemmas |
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