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

• In contrast with its surface fleet, Britain's submarine force was relatively small.
  同其水面舰队相比，英国的潜艇部队规模相对较小。
• 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。
• Now all we need is an army and a fleet.
  我们需要的是陆军和舰队。
• There is enough water in the harbor to float a fleet.
  海港的水域足够容纳一个舰队。
• He ordered the combined fleet to convoy troops to Naples.
  他命令联合舰队将军队护送到那不勒斯。
• He was the highest-paid sub-editor in Fleet Street.
  他是英国报界薪水最高的副编辑。
• 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 damage inflicted upon the British fleet was devastating.
  英国舰队遭到了毁灭性的重创。
• Your establishment is in fleet street, you say?
  你说你的店在舰队街？
• She is fleet of foot for her age.
  以她的年龄而言，她算走得快了。