fleet
gb/flˈit/ us/flˈit/
B1
Engleză
~ 6100
flotta, elsuhan, elröppen, gyors, fürge, sebes, parti lagúna
SUBSTANTIV
B1
1
flotta
B2
Tipar de utilizare:
a fleet of [ships/vehicles]
The company added ten electric buses to its city fleet.
A vállalat tíz elektromos busszal bővítette városi buszflottáját.
A huge fishing fleet leaves the harbor every morning before sunrise.
Minden reggel napkelte előtt hatalmas halászflotta fut ki a kikötőből.
The airline is modernizing its entire fleet of long-haul aircraft.
The navy sent most of its fleet to the region after the storm.
Their delivery fleet now includes hundreds of small vans and motorcycles.
Exemple pentru cursanți
The taxi company has a large fleet of yellow cars.
A taxitársaság nagy, sárga autókból álló flottával rendelkezik.
Our country has a big naval fleet in the sea.
Országunknak nagy hadiflottája van.
The airline wants a newer fleet of planes.
The fishing fleet comes back in the evening.
They use a fleet of trucks to move food to the stores.
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes think "fleet" only means ships and do not use it for cars, trucks, or planes. It can be used for any group of vehicles owned or operated together. It can also be confused in spelling or pronunciation with "float" or "flee," which have different meanings.
Sens
group of ships or vehicles
Colocații
a fleet of ships
|naval fleet
|fishing fleet
|airline fleet
|the company's fleet
|bus fleet
Sinonime
armada (Usually a very large or powerful fleet of ships, especially warships; more dramatic or historical.)
|
flotilla (A smaller group of ships or boats, often moving together for one purpose.)
Antonime
individual (Emphasizes a single ship or vehicle, not a group.)
Teme
transport
|business
|military
|transportation
Definiție
A group of ships, planes, or cars that work together or belong to the same owner or company.
A number of ships, aircraft, or vehicles that operate together or are controlled by the same person, company, or country.
VERB
C2
LITERARY
2
Tipar de utilizare:
to fleet [by/past]
The summer weeks fleeted by, and soon the children had to return to school.
A nyári hetek elröppentek, és a gyerekeknek hamarosan vissza kellett térniük az iskolába.
White clouds fleeted across the darkening sky before the storm.
Fehér felhők suhantak át a sötétedő égbolton a vihar előtt.
Our brief happiness fleeted away before we truly understood it.
Exemple pentru cursanți
The long days of holiday fleeted by.
A vakáció hosszú napjai elröppentek.
Dark birds fleeted across the evening sky.
Sötét madarak suhantak át az esti égbolton.
The quiet hours fleeted away while he read.
Greșeală frecventă:
This verb is rare and literary. In modern everyday English, people normally say "time flies" or "the weeks went by quickly," not "the weeks fleeted by." Learners also sometimes confuse it with "flee" (to run away from danger).
Sens
to move or pass quickly
Colocații
years fleet by
|time fleets past
|clouds fleet across the sky
|moments fleet away
Sinonime
fly (Very common in phrases like "time flies"; more everyday than the literary "fleet.")
|
rush (Suggests great speed, often with urgency or pressure; less poetic.)
Antonime
crawl (Describes something moving or passing very slowly, the opposite of "fleet" in speed.)
Teme
movement
|time
|literature
|core_vocabulary
Definiție
To go past very fast, or to move very fast, often used for time or things in the sky.
To move swiftly, or to pass very quickly, especially of time or things that seem to disappear fast.
C2
LITERARY
3
Tipar de utilizare:
a fleet [runner/animal]
The fleet runner finished the race far ahead of the others.
A gyors futó messze a többiek előtt ért célba.
Cheetahs are among the most fleet animals on land.
A gepárdok a leggyorsabb szárazföldi állatok közé tartoznak.
In the legend, a fleet messenger carried news of the victory to the king.
Exemple pentru cursanți
The boy is small but very fleet.
A fiú kicsi, de nagyon fürge.
A fleet horse can win many races.
Egy sebes ló sok versenyt megnyerhet.
In the story, a fleet girl runs across the field.
Greșeală frecventă:
Modern English almost always uses "fast" or "quick" instead of "fleet." Learners should avoid using "fleet" as an adjective in everyday speech, except in the fixed phrase "fleet of foot."
Sens
moving very fast
Colocații
fleet of foot
|fleet runner
|fleet horse
|fleet animal
Sinonime
swift (Very close in meaning; common in both everyday and literary styles.)
|
fast (Most common modern word; more neutral and less literary than "fleet.")
Antonime
slow (Describes movement at a low speed, opposite of "fleet.")
Teme
movement
|description
|core_vocabulary
Definiție
Moving very fast, or able to move very fast.
Moving or able to move very quickly.
SUBSTANTIV
C2
TECHNICAL
4
parti lagúna
C1
The village lies beside a narrow fleet separated from the open sea by a long shingle bank.
A falu egy keskeny parti lagúna mellett fekszik, amelyet egy hosszú kavicszátony választ el a nyílt tengertől.
At low tide, mudflats appear along the edges of the fleet.
Apálykor iszaplapályok bukkannak elő a lagúna peremén.
Wading birds feed in the shallow waters of the coastal fleet throughout the winter.
Exemple pentru cursanți
The small town is next to a long, quiet fleet.
A kisváros egy hosszú, csendes parti lagúna mellett fekszik.
Birds stand in the shallow water of the fleet.
Madarak állnak a parti lagúna sekély vizében.
A sandbank closes the fleet from the open sea.
Greșeală frecventă:
This meaning is rare and mainly used in specific regional or geographical descriptions. Learners may wrongly think it refers to ships because the common meaning of "fleet" is a group of ships or vehicles.
Sens
shallow coastal inlet
Colocații
shallow fleet
|coastal fleet
|tidal fleet
Sinonime
lagoon (A more general word for shallow sea water separated from the ocean; not always narrow like a "fleet.")
|
tidal creek (A narrow waterway affected by the tide; similar but not always partly enclosed by a bank.)
Antonime
open sea (Describes the wide, deep, exposed part of the ocean, not a narrow, sheltered inlet.)
Teme
geography
|nature
|travel
Definiție
A long, shallow area of sea water near the land, cut off from the open sea by a line of sand or stones.
A shallow, narrow body of seawater along the coast that is partly separated from the open sea by a bank of sand or shingle.
Gramatică
Forma de dicționar
fleet
IPA
GB/flˈit/
US/flˈit/
Silabe și accent
fleet (1 silabă)
Stress on 1st syllable (fleet)
Forme ale cuvântului
Adjective
- Base: fleet
Noun
- Base: fleet
- Plural: fleets
Familie de cuvinte
Forms
fleets
noun
Related words
flotilla
noun
Expresii
fleet of foot
1/flˈit əv fˈʊt/
idiom
literary
able to run very fast
Able to run very fast.
Exemple
- The striker is fleet of foot and hard to defend against.
- You have to be fleet of foot to keep up with her on the trail.
the fleet
1/ðə flˈit/
fixed phrase
a country's naval force
The warships and other navy ships of a country, or a large part of its navy.
Exemple
- The government ordered the fleet to remain in international waters.
- After the ceremony, the fleet sailed out of the harbor in formation.