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F0179000 (flēt)n.1. A number of warships operating together under one command.2. A number of vessels having a shared origin, purpose, or area of operation: the Japanese merchant fleet; the North Pacific fishing fleet.3. A group of vehicles, such as taxicabs or airliners, owned or operated as a unit.

[Middle English flete, from Old English flēot, from flēotan, to float; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]

fleet²

F0179000 (flēt)adj. fleet·er, fleet·est 1. Moving swiftly and nimbly. See Synonyms at fast¹.2. Fleeting; evanescent.v. fleet·ed, fleet·ing, fleets v.intr.1. To move or pass swiftly: The summer days fleeted by.2. To fade; vanish: beauty that is fleeting away.3. Obsolete To flow.4. Obsolete To drift.v.tr.1. To cause (time) to pass quickly.2. Nautical To alter the position of (tackle or rope, for example).

[Probably from Old Norse fljōtr. V., from Middle English fleten, to drift, float, from Old English flēotan; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]

fleet′ly adv.fleet′ness n.

fleeter

(ˈfliːtə) n1. fishing a person engaged in fleeting or trawling2. archaic a deserter; a fugitive3. nautical a person who sails with a fleet of ships, esp those who sailed as colonists to Australia with the early fleets

单词	fleeter
释义	fleeter fleet¹ F0179000 (flēt)n.1. A number of warships operating together under one command.2. A number of vessels having a shared origin, purpose, or area of operation: the Japanese merchant fleet; the North Pacific fishing fleet.3. A group of vehicles, such as taxicabs or airliners, owned or operated as a unit. [Middle English flete, from Old English flēot, from flēotan, to float; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.] fleet² F0179000 (flēt)adj. fleet·er, fleet·est 1. Moving swiftly and nimbly. See Synonyms at fast¹.2. Fleeting; evanescent.v. fleet·ed, fleet·ing, fleets v.intr.1. To move or pass swiftly: The summer days fleeted by.2. To fade; vanish: beauty that is fleeting away.3. Obsolete To flow.4. Obsolete To drift.v.tr.1. To cause (time) to pass quickly.2. Nautical To alter the position of (tackle or rope, for example). [Probably from Old Norse fljōtr. V., from Middle English fleten, to drift, float, from Old English flēotan; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.] fleet′ly adv.fleet′ness n. fleeter (ˈfliːtə) n1. fishing a person engaged in fleeting or trawling2. archaic a deserter; a fugitive3. nautical a person who sails with a fleet of ships, esp those who sailed as colonists to Australia with the early fleets EncyclopediaSeefleet
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