词汇 | take-flight |
释义 | take flightphrase (of a bird or an aircraft) to leave the ground and begin to fly: He was flapping his arms like a bird taking flight. It was wonderful to see Broadway shows re-open, planes take flight and people resume work. The startled birds took flight. It took quite some time for all the hot-air balloons to become inflated and take flight. The larger bombers took off from the coast, as they needed more runway than was available on an aircraft carrier in order to take flight. to run away or leave a place: 逃走 The burglars took flight when the alarm sounded.警报一响,盗贼们就逃走了。 Fed up with what he saw as the city's closed, conservative nature, he took flight to California. In dangerous situations, many people freeze, fight, or take flight. The graduates were ready to take flight from university and move into this next phase of their lives. Startled, the herd of deer took flight. See also flightnoun(ESCAPE) |
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