- [countable]
a journey made by air, especially in a plane （尤指乘飞机的）空中航行，航程 a smooth/comfortable/bumpy flight 平稳／舒适／颠簸的空中航行 a domestic/an international flight 国内／国际航班 a transatlantic flight 横越大西洋的飞行 The first prize is a return flight to Delhi. 一等奖是去德里的往返机票。 China's first manned space flight 中国首次载人航天飞行 a hot-air balloon flight 热气球航行 - flight (from A) (to B)
We met on a flight from London to Paris. 我们在从伦敦到巴黎的飞行途中相遇。 It is vital that people get up and walk about if they are on a long-haul flight. 如果是长途飞行，人们站起来四处走动是至关重要的。
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by aira1Did you have a good flight? 一路顺利吗？ I hope you enjoy the flight. 希望你航程愉快。 If you need to change a flight, the fee is $100. 如果需要转机，转机费是 100 美元。 Please refrain from smoking during the flight. 飞机航行期间请勿吸烟。 The Wright Brothers made their first flight in the Kitty Hawk in 1903. 1903 年，怀特兄弟在基蒂霍克第一次试飞。 The aircraft made its maiden flight in January 2000. 这架飞机在 2000 年 1 月进行了处女航。 The flight recorder should help to establish why the plane suddenly crashed. 黑匣子应该可以帮助找出飞机突然坠毁的原因。 The flight time from Heathrow to Marseilles is less than two hours. 从希思罗到马赛的飞行时间不到两小时。 The outbound flight was smooth but the return flight was held up by six hours. 离境航程非常顺利，可是返回的航班延误了6个小时。 The snow was severe enough to disrupt flight operations. 雪下得很大，使飞行活动陷于混乱。 They have persuaded the authorities to divert the flight path of the military jets away from their town. 他们已经说服当局改变军用喷气式飞机的飞行路线，使之远离他们的小镇。 This will be the last flight of the vintage aircraft before it is installed in the museum. 这将是这架老式飞机被收藏在博物馆之前的最后一次飞行。 She made several training flights in the glider. 她在滑翔机上进行了几次训练飞行。 - (figurative)
a flight into the unknown 结果未卜的逃离
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- round-trip
- inbound
- return
- …
- catch
- take
- travel on
- …
- be bound for something
- leave
- take off
- …
- number
- schedule
- operations
- …
- aboard a/the flight
- on a/the flight
- on board a/the flight
- …
- [countable]
a plane making a particular journey 航班飞机；班机 We're booked on the same flight. 我们订了同一班机的机票。 If we leave now, I can catch the earlier flight. 我们要是现在动身，我就可以赶上早一点的航班。 After a few phone calls he boarded a flight to Bangkok. 打了几个电话后，他登上了飞往曼谷的航班。 Flight BA 4793 is now boarding at Gate 17. BA 4793 航班现在正在 17 号登机口登机。 They've cancelled my flight! 他们取消了我的航班！ - flight (to A) (from B)
At present there is no direct flight to Egypt from Namibia. 目前没有从纳米比亚直飞埃及的航班。 - flight to A
They took a commercial flight to Vicenza, Italy. 他们乘商业航班去了意大利的维琴察。 - flight for A
She took a flight for Los Angeles. 她乘飞机去洛杉矶。 - flight out of B
I had an early morning flight out of Stockholm. 我早上有一趟从斯德哥尔摩出发的航班。 - flight between A and B
All flights between New York and Washington have been cancelled due to fog. 由于大雾，纽约和华盛顿之间的所有航班都被取消了。 mercy/relief flights (= planes taking help to countries where there is a war) 急救／救援班机（运送救援物资至发生战争的国家）
Collocations Travel and tourismTravel and tourism 旅游和旅游业 Holidays/vacations 假期 - have/take (British English) a holiday/(North American English) a vacation/a break/a day off/(British English) a gap year
休假；短期休假；休一天假；休空缺年假 - go on/be on holiday/vacation/leave/honeymoon/safari/a trip/a tour/a cruise/a pilgrimage
去／在度假／休假／度蜜月／游猎／旅游／观光／乘船游览／朝圣 - go backpacking/camping/hitchhiking/sightseeing
去背包旅行／露营／搭顺风车旅行／观光游览 - plan a trip/a holiday/a vacation/your itinerary
计划旅行／假期／行程 - book accommodation/a hotel room/a flight/tickets
预订住宿／酒店房间／航班／票 - have/make/cancel a reservation/(especially British English) booking
预订；取消预订 - rent a villa/(both British English) a holiday home/a holiday cottage
租一座度假别墅／一个度假住所／一座度假小别墅 - (especially British English) hire/ (especially North American English) rent a car/bicycle/moped
租借一辆汽车／自行车／摩托自行车 - stay in a hotel/a bed and breakfast/a youth hostel/a villa/(both British English) a holiday home/a caravan
住在酒店／提供住宿和早餐的旅馆／青年旅舍／度假别墅／度假住所／旅行拖车里 - cost/charge $100 a/per night for a single/double/twin/standard/(British English) en suite room
单人房／双人房／标间／套房一晚花费／要价 100 美元 - check into/out of a hotel/a motel/your room
入住／结账离开酒店／汽车旅馆／房间 - pack/unpack your suitcase/bags
把东西装进手提箱／旅行包；取出手提箱／旅行包里的东西 - call/order room service
打电话叫／叫客房服务 - cancel/cut short a trip/holiday/vacation
取消／缩短旅程／假期
Foreign travel 出国旅行 - apply for/get/renew a/your passport
申请／拿到／续签护照 - take out/buy/get travel insurance
获得／购买／取得旅游保险 - catch/miss your plane/train/ferry/connecting flight
赶上／错过飞机／火车／渡船／转乘航班 - fly (in)/travel in business/economy class
乘坐商务／经济舱飞行／旅行 - make/have a brief/two-day/twelve-hour stopover/(North American English also) layover in Hong Kong
在香港作短暂的／两天的／十二小时的中途停留 - experience/cause/lead to delays
遇上／引起／导致延误 - check (in)/collect/get/lose (your) (especially British English) luggage/(especially North American English) baggage
托运／取／弄丢行李 - be charged for/pay excess baggage
被收取／支付超重行李费 - board/get on/leave/get off the aircraft/plane/ship/ferry
上／下飞机／船／渡船 - taxi down/leave/approach/hit/overshoot the runway
在跑道上滑行；离开／接近／降落在／冲出跑道 - experience/hit/encounter severe turbulence
遇到强烈的气流 - suffer from/recover from/get over your jet lag/travel sickness
遭受时差反应／晕车；从时差反应／晕车恢复过来；克服时差反应／晕车
The tourist industry 旅游业 - attract/draw/bring tourists/visitors
吸引游客 - encourage/promote/hurt tourism
鼓励／促进／损害旅游业 - promote/develop ecotourism
促进／发展生态旅游 - build/develop/visit a tourist/holiday/(especially British English) seaside/beach/ski resort
建立／开发／参观旅游／假日／海滨／海滩／滑雪胜地 - work for/be operated by a major hotel chain
就职于一家大型连锁酒店；由一家大型连锁酒店经营 - be served by/compete with low-cost/(especially North American English) low-fare/budget airlines
由廉价航空公司提供服务；与廉价航空公司竞争 - book something through/make a booking through/use a travel agent
通过旅行社预订；经旅行社代办 - contact/check with your travel agent/tour operator
联系旅行社；向旅行社咨询 - book/be on/go on a package deal/holiday/tour
预订／进行／去包价旅游 - buy/bring back (tacky/overpriced) souvenirs
购买／带回（低劣的／定价过高的）纪念品
Extra ExamplesAll flights have been grounded for security reasons. 由于安全原因，所有的航班都被迫停飞。 I'm on the first flight to Milan in the morning. 我搭早上第一班飞往米兰的飞机。 She flew into London on the last flight from Frankfurt. 她搭乘最晚的一班飞机从法兰克福到了伦敦。 She was accused of planting the bomb that blew up flight 217. 她被指控放置炸弹炸毁了 217 航班。 The UN has suspended relief flights because of shelling around the airport. 由于机场附近遭炮击，联合国暂停了救援飞行。 The flight was diverted to Delhi because of a bomb scare. 由于受炸弹恐吓，这架班机转向去了德里机场。 The team has chartered a special flight for their fans. 该球队为球迷包了一架专机。 We arrived at the airport just in time to make our flight. 我们到达机场，差一点儿没赶上航班。 Hurry or you'll miss your flight. 快点，不然你会赶不上航班。 We need your time of arrival and flight number. 我们需要你的到达时间和航班号。 a daily non-stop flight between Hong Kong and New York 香港和纽约之间的每日直达航班
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- round-trip
- inbound
- return
- …
- catch
- take
- travel on
- …
- be bound for something
- leave
- take off
- …
- number
- schedule
- operations
- …
- aboard a/the flight
- on a/the flight
- on board a/the flight
- …
- [uncountable]
the act of flying 飞行；飞翔 the age of supersonic flight 超声速飞行时代 - in flight
The bird is easily recognized in flight (= when it is flying) by the black band at the end of its tail. 这种鸟尾部末端有一条黑带，飞翔时很容易认出来。 the stresses the body endures in space flight 太空飞行中身体承受的压力 flight safety 飞行安全
Extra ExamplesBarn owls are capable of flight at 56 days. 仓鸮出生后 56 天就能飞行。 Bats are the only mammals to have wings and to achieve sustained flight. 蝙蝠是唯一的有翅膀且能持续飞行的哺乳动物。 The wings vibrate during flight. 翅膀在飞行中振动着。 They watched the young eagles take flight. 他们看着幼鹰展翅飞翔。 Don't get into the line of flight of the bees—you'd be sure to get stung. 不要挡着蜜蜂飞行的路线，不然你肯定要被蜇的。 a flock of geese in flight 一群飞翔的大雁 the enormous costs of manned space flight 载人太空飞行的巨大成本
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- soaring
- sustained
- low-level
- …
- be capable of
- achieve
- take
- …
- during flight
- in flight
- the line of flight
- [uncountable]
the movement or direction of an object as it travels through the air （物体的）飞行，飞行方向 the flight of a ball 球的飞行
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- soaring
- sustained
- low-level
- …
- be capable of
- achieve
- take
- …
- during flight
- in flight
- the line of flight
- [countable]
a series of steps between two floors or levels 一段楼梯；一段阶梯 She fell down a flight of stairs/steps and hurt her back. 她从一段楼梯上跌了下来，摔伤了背。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- long
- short
- narrow
- …
- climb
- climb up
- go up
- …
- lead…
- go down something
- go up something
- …
- down a/the flight
- up a/the flight
- a flight of stairs
- a flight of steps
- [uncountable, singular]
the act of running away from a dangerous or difficult situation （从危险或困境中的）逃避，躲避 - flight (of somebody) (from somebody/something)
the flight of refugees from the advancing forces 难民躲避挺进的军队 a flight from harsh reality 逃避严酷的现实 - in flight from something
The main character is a journalist in flight from a failed marriage. 主角是一个逃避失败婚姻的记者。
Extra ExamplesTopics Dangerc2Left-wing opposition leaders, in flight from persecution, went across the border. 左翼反对党领导人为了逃避迫害逃往境外。 The story tells of his flight to safety. 故事讲述了他逃到安全地带的经历。 a headlong flight from danger 匆匆逃离危险 The army was defeated and the king put to flight. 军队被打败，国王落荒而逃。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- headlong
- urban
- white
- …
- put (somebody/something) to
- take
- in flight
- flight from
- flight into
- …
- flight (of somebody) (from somebody/something)
- [countable] flight of fancy/imagination
an idea or a statement that shows a lot of imagination but is not practical or sensible 异想天开；奇思怪想 This idea was one of my wilder flights of fancy. 这个想法是我最疯狂的幻想之一。
- [countable]
a group of birds or aircraft flying together （一起飞行的）鸟群（或机群） a flight of geese 一队飞雁 They flew in two flights of three aircraft. 他们三架飞机分两次飞行。 an aircraft of the Queen’s flight 女王专机机队中的一架飞机
journey by air空中航行
plane飞机
flying飞
movement of object物体的运动
of steps台阶
running away逃走
of fancy/imagination幻想；想象
group of birds/aircraft鸟群；机群
Word OriginOld English flyht ‘action or manner of flying’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlucht and fly (verb). This was probably merged in Middle English with an unrecorded Old English word related to German Flucht and to flee, which is represented by sense 6 of the noun.
Idioms
in the first/top flight
among the best of a particular group 名列前茅；佼佼者 This is the team’s first season back in the top flight for more than 60 years. 这是该队60多年来首次重返顶级联赛。
put somebody to flight
- (old-fashioned)
to force somebody to run away 迫使逃窜 The enemy was quickly put to flight. 敌人很快被消灭了。
take flight