| 单词 | flying start |
| 释义 | flying startSEE SYNONYMS FOR flying start ON THESAURUS.COM nouna start, as in sailboat racing, in which the entrants begin moving before reaching the starting line. a start or beginning of anything, characterized by the participant's vigor and enthusiasm and sometimes by a certain advantage over competitors: She's off to a flying start in her new job. Origin of flying startFirst recorded in 1850–55 Words nearby flying startflying saucer, flying shear, flying-spot, flying squad, flying squirrel, flying start, flying tackle, Flying Tigers, flying wedge, flying wing, fly in the face of Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for flying startflying start nounAlso called (informal): flyer (in sprinting) a start by a competitor anticipating the starting signal a start to a race or time trial in which the competitor is already travelling at speed as he passes the starting line any promising beginning an initial advantage over others Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with flying startflying start see under get off the ground. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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