گزارش خطا در معنی کلمه 'flight'

1 عمومی:: گریز

2 عمومی:: عزیمت‌

3 عمومی:: پرواز

4 عمومی:: مهاجرت‌ (مرغان‌ یا حشرات‌)

1 general:: noun soaring: The flight of birds is wondrous. noun airplane: We took a flight to Hong Kong. noun staircases: There are three flights up to the flat. noun exodus: The flight to the West was slow.

2 general:: flight verbs book a flight (= reserve a seat on a particular plane ) • I booked the flight over the Internet. get a flight (= book it ) • I’ll be there tomorrow morning if I can get a flight. catch a flight (= be in time to get on a plane ) • They caught a flight that night to Frankfurt. board a flight (= get on a flight ) • We arrived at the departure lounge to board the flight to Madrid. miss a flight (= arrive too late for a flight ) • Jack overslept and missed his flight. charter a flight (= pay a company for the use of their aircraft ) • The club have chartered a special flight for fans. operate flights (= make flights available for people to use ) • The airline operates three flights a day between London and New York. get on/off a flight • She’d just got off a flight from Buenos Aires. travel on a flight • Passengers travelling on flight BMI 373 to Zurich should proceed to gate 17. a flight is cancelled (= a flight that was due to go somewhere does not go ) • All flights have been cancelled due to fog. a flight is delayed (= it is late leaving ) • Her flight was delayed and she arrived over an hour late. a flight is diverted (= it is made to change direction and land at a different airport ) • Our flight was diverted to Manchester because of poor weather. a flight is bound for London/New York etc (= it is going there ) • Johnson boarded a flight bound for Caracas. adjectives good/pleasant/comfortable • Have a good flight! smooth (= with no problems or sudden movements ) • The flight had been smooth all the way. bumpy (= uncomfortable because the plane moved up and down a lot ) • The flight was very bumpy, and we really wondered whether we would make it. long/short • I was very tired after the long flight. cheap flights • Environmental groups are calling for an end to cheap flights. a direct/non-stop flight (= a flight going straight from one place to another without stopping ) • the first direct flight to Tokyo an international flight (= a flight between one country and another ) • The number of international flights increased by over 5% last year. a domestic/internal flight (= a flight within a country ) • Is there a domestic flight between Havana and Varadero? a long-haul flight (= travelling a long distance ) • You should wear comfortable clothes on a long-haul flight. a scheduled flight (= a plane service that flies at the same time every day or every week ) • There are scheduled flights between the islands. a charter flight (= a plane service that is arranged for a particular group or purpose ) • The company is operating charter flights to Crete. a connecting flight (= a flight that arrives before another one leaves ) • We had to wait for three hours in New York before catching a connecting flight to Chicago. an intercontinental flight (= a flight that goes from one continent to another, for example from Europe to Asia ) • Passengers on intercontinental flights can reserve seats with extra legroom. a routine flight (= a normal flight ) • They were on a routine flight when their helicopter developed engine trouble an airline flight • domestic airline flights a test flight (= a flight to test a new plane ) • The aircraft made a successful test flight on June 3rd. a maiden flight (= the first flight of an aircraft ) • The plane’s maiden flight is scheduled for November. flight + NOUN the flight time (= how long it takes to fly somewhere ) • Our estimated flight time is three hours and fifteen minutes. the flight path (= the route taken by an aircraft ) • They lived directly underneath a busy flight path. the flight number • Write the flight number on all your luggage labels. a flight plan (= the planned route of an aircraft ) • For some reason the pilot diverged from the flight plan.

3 general:: by plane/boat/car/bicycle etc flight a journey by air: • You should check in at the airport two hours before your flight. voyage a long journey over the sea: • MacArthur’s epic round-the-world voyage crossing a short journey by boat from one piece of land to another: • A 30-minute ferry crossing takes you to the island. cruise a journey by boat for pleasure: • a Mediterranean cruise • a cruise down the Nile drive a journey in a car, often for pleasure: • The drive through the mountains was absolutely beautiful. ride a short journey in a car, or on a bicycle or horse: • It’s a twenty-minute taxi ride to the station. • a bike ride

4 general::   noun journey by air; plane making journey ADJ. return The first prize is a return flight to Delhi. The outbound flight was smooth but the return flight was held up by six hours. | outbound | connecting | shuttle | regular, scheduled | charter | commercial | direct, non-stop | special | delayed | domestic, internal, local | long, long-distance, long-haul | intercontinental, international, transatlantic | first I got to the airport early to be ready for the first flight out. | last She flew into London on the last flight from Frankfurt. | first, maiden The Wright Brothers made their first flight in the Kitty Hawk in 1903. | final, last This will be the last flight of the vintage aircraft before it is installed in the museum. | early | evening, morning, night | bumpy The bumpy flight brought on a bout of airsickness. | smooth | pleasure | mercy, relief | military | reconnaissance, surveillance | routine | training a routine air-force training flight | solo | air, space | airline, (hot-air) balloon, helicopter | cargo, passenger | cheap VERB + FLIGHT catch, take, travel on They caught an early flight back to London. | miss | have Did you have a good flight? | make The aeroplane made its maiden flight in 1976. | be booked on/onto, be on I'm on the first flight to Milan in the morning. | book (sb), book sb/yourself on/onto, get He asked her to book him on the next available flight to Geneva. We managed to get a non-stop flight to New York. | charter The club has chartered a special flight from Manchester to Bologna for their fans. | confirm | cancel, suspend The UN has suspended relief flights because of shelling around the airport. | change | board | operate The airline operates regular flights to Greece. | delay, hold up | divert The flight was diverted to Gatwick because of a bomb scare. | blow up She was accused of planting the bomb that blew up flight 217. FLIGHT + VERB be bound for sth a flight bound for Antigua | leave, take off | arrive | land | be full I'm afraid I can't book you onto that flight?it's full. FLIGHT + NOUN number We need your time of arrival and flight number. | time The flight time from Heathrow to Marseilles is less than two hours. | delay Your travel insurance compensates you for flight delays. | attendant, crew | commander, engineer (both military) | instruments | recorder The flight recorder should help to establish why the plane suddenly crashed. | simulator | path They have persuaded the authorities to divert the flight path of the military jets away from their village. PREP. aboard/on/on board a/the ~ passengers aboard a flight bound for Johannesburg | during a/the ~ Please refrain from smoking during the flight. | ~ for She took a flight for Los Angeles. | ~ from, ~ out of They waited for the first flight out of Lisbon. | ~ to a flight from S action of flying ADJ. sustained | steady | normal | forward | soaring | low-level | horizontal, level | vertical | circular, curving | high-speed, supersonic VERB + FLIGHT be capable of Barn owls are capable of flight at 56 days. | achieve Bats are the only mammals to have wings and to achieve sustained flight. | take They watched the young eagles take flight. PREP. during ~ The wings vibrate during flight. | in ~ a flock of geese in flight PHRASES the line of flight Don't get into the line of flight of the bees?you'd be sure to get stung. number of stairs/steps ADJ. long | short | steep | shallow | broad | narrow | double The villa is fronted by a double flight of stairs. VERB + FLIGHT climb (up), go/run/walk up | descend, go/run/walk down | fall down FLIGHT + VERB lead … a flight of steps leading to the foyer | go down/up sth A flight of steps goes up the left-hand side of the room. PREP. down/up a/the ~ The office is just round that corner and up a short flight of stairs. PHRASES (at the bottom/top of) a flight of stairs/steps running away ADJ. headlong, panicked VERB + FLIGHT put (sb/sth) to (literary) The army was defeated and the king put to flight. | take As soon as they detected the cheetah the antelope took flight. PREP. in ~ Left-wing opposition leaders, in flight from persecution, went across the border. | ~ from a headlong flight from danger | ~ into a flight into the unknown | ~ to The story tells of his flight from East to West Berlin.

5 general:: In addition to the idioms beginning with FLIGHT, Also see PUT TO FLIGHT; TAKE FLIGHT.