Fleet

(noun.) a group of warships organized as a tactical unit.

(noun.) a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership.

(noun.) group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership.

(noun.) group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership.

(adj.) moving very fast; 'fleet of foot'; 'the fleet scurrying of squirrels'; 'a swift current'; 'swift flight of an arrow'; 'a swift runner' .

编辑:曼纽尔

• This is the Fleet, ma'am. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The Dutch fleet, frozen in the Texel, surrendered to a handful of cavalry without firing its guns. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• A wild cry of exultation arose from the Heliumite squadron, and with redoubled ferocity they fell upon the Zodangan fleet. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• He commands this fleet which has been searching for her since. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• It could be nothing other than a fleet of war. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Haven't I seen you in the Fleet over and over again for contempt? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• But it is not to be wondered at since no enemy guessed the existence upon Barsoom of such a fleet, or even of the First Born, or the Sea of Omean. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• The fleet followed him by sea, and rejoined him at the entrance to the Persian Gulf. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Ask the black that sweeps opposite Fleet Market, sir. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• You can go to the Fleet, my dear Sir, if you're determined to go somewhere,' said Perker. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Now the two great fleets closed in a titanic struggle far above the fiendish din of battle in the gorgeous gardens of the therns. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• We have great fleets in the Mediterranean, but they seldom touch at African ports. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Fleets and armies are maintained, not with gold and silver, but with consumable goods. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• His fleets also took Algiers, and inflicted a number of reverses upon the Venetians. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The persons employed in the finances, fleets, and magistracy, are instances of this order of men. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The whaling fleets, long after gas came into use, were one of the greatest sources of our national wealth. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• To-day her piers are deserted, her warehouses are empty, her merchant fleets are vanished, her armies and her navies are but memories. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• A signal legible to every sailor of all the fleets engaged in that fierce struggle was strung aloft upon the flagship. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• There could be little or no manoeuvering of fleets in that crowded, fire-split sky. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• The sky was black with the three enormous fleets. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• The thought was fleeting; for his attention was instantly drawn towards the inhabitant of this wretched abode. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• It was impossible to help fleeting visions of another kind--new dignities and an acknowledged value of which she had often felt the absence. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Volley after volley they vomited upon the temple guards; volley on volley crashed through the thin air toward the fleeting and illusive fliers. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• He tried to scramble up the side of the cabin, and succeeded in catching a fleeting hold upon the thatched roof. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• He, too, had caught a fleeting backward glimpse of cruel yellow eyes and half open mouth within startling proximity of his person. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• This fleeting glimpse of her past served to emphasize the sense of aimlessness with which Lily at length turned toward home. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• I caught a fleeting grin passing across the features of the black as he heard her words. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• We stepped, as it were, right out of the carriage and into the hall, so that I failed to catch the most fleeting glance of the front of the house. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• How fleeting are the wishes and efforts of man! 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• At last he saw it, the thing the little monkeys so feared--the man-brute of which the Claytons had caught occasional fleeting glimpses. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.

校对:斯宾塞