单词 | take flight |
释义 | take flight (once / 4689 pages) v WORD FAMILY take flight: taken flight, takes flight, taking flight, took flight USAGE EXAMPLESAnd they do so with the eagerness of, well, a kid taking flight for the first time. Seattle Times(Nov 23, 2016) The Great Garuda development that was supposed to take flight from that dike could be grounded even longer. The Guardian(Nov 22, 2016) Anybody sitting idle too long without a smartphone to play with will find their mind taking flight to parts unknown. Washington Post(Nov 16, 2016) v run away quickly Syn|Hypo|Hyper flee, fly break make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing stampederun away in a stampede abscond, absquatulate, bolt, decamp, go off, make off, run offrun away; usually includes taking something or somebody along elope, run offrun away secretly with one's beloved break loose, escape, get awayrun away from confinement high-tailretreat at full speed defect, desertdesert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army break, break away, break outmove away or escape suddenly escape from, shake, shake off, throw offget rid of levantrun off without paying a debt bilk, elude, evadeescape, either physically or mentally slipmove smoothly and easily run awayescape from the control of ratdesert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage escape, get awayremove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail flee; take to one's heels; cut and run |
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