fleet

英 [fliːt]

美 [fliːt]

n.  舰队; 捕鱼船队; (一国的)全部军舰，海军
adj.  跑得快的; 快速的

复数：fleets　现在分词：fleeting　过去式：fleeted　第三人称单数：fleets　过去分词：fleeted　

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Collins.3 / BNC.3417 / COCA.4446

牛津词典

noun

• 舰队
  a group of military ships commanded by the same person
• 捕鱼船队
  a group of ships fishing together
  1. a fishing/whaling fleet
     捕鱼 / 捕鲸船队
• （一国的）全部军舰，海军
  all the military ships of a particular country
  1. a reduction in the size of the British fleet
     英国海军的裁减
• （同一机构或统一调度的）机群，车队
  a group of planes, buses, taxis, etc. travelling together or owned by the same organization
  1. the company's new fleet of vans
     公司的新客货车队

adj.

• 跑得快的；快速的
  able to run fast
  1. fleet of foot
     跑得快
  2. fleet-footed
     跑得快

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 船队;舰队
  Afleetis a group of ships organized to do something together, for example to fight battles or to catch fish.
  1. The damage inflicted upon the British fleet was devastating.
     英国舰队遭到了毁灭性的重创。
  2. ...restaurants supplied by local fishing fleets.
     由当地捕鱼船队供货的饭馆
• N-COUNT (尤指同一机构或统一行动的)车队
  Afleetof vehicles is a group of them, especially when they all belong to a particular organization or business, or when they are all going somewhere together.
  1. With its own fleet of trucks, the company delivers most orders overnight...
     这个公司拥有自己的货车车队，大多数订购货品可以隔日送到。
  2. A fleet of ambulances took the injured to hospital.
     一队救护车把伤者送往医院。

英英释义

noun

• a group of warships organized as a tactical unit
• a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership
• group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership
• group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership

verb

• disappear gradually
  1. The pain eventually passed off
  Synonym:evanescefadeblow overpass offpass
• move along rapidly and lightly
  1. The hummingbird flitted among the branches
  Synonym:flitflutterdart

adj

• moving very fast
  1. fleet of foot
  2. the fleet scurrying of squirrels
  3. a swift current
  4. swift flight of an arrow
  5. a swift runner
  Synonym:swift

双语例句

• They have greatly increased the offensive firepower of their fleet.
  他们已经大幅度地提高了他们舰队的进攻火力。
• An enormously powerful fleet was concentrated at Pearl Harbour.
  一支极其强大的舰队集结在珍珠港。
• Now all we need is an army and a fleet.
  我们需要的是陆军和舰队。
• The fleet is manoeuvring off the East coast.
  舰队正在东海岸外演习。
• The shipowner has still held a merchant fleet of seven cargo-vessels.
  这个船东仍拥有一支7艘货船的商船队。
• The fleet from stem to stern covered a thousand li,| its pennons and banners filled the sky.
  舳舻千里，旌旗蔽空。（苏轼《前赤壁赋》）
• A fleet of police cars suddenly arrived. Dozens of officers piled out.
  突然开来一队警车，数十个警察一拥而出。
• A fleet of French ships was sighted in the North Sea.
  在北海突然发现了一支法国船队。
• There's been a big reduction in the size of the British merchant fleet in recent years.
  近些年来英国商船队伍的规模大为缩减。
• Using an alias, he had rented a house in Fleet, Hampshire.
  他用化名在汉普郡的舰队街租了间房子。