English-Thai Dictionary

flying

ADJ ที่ ปลิว สะบัด อยู่ ใน อากาศ  ti-plio-sa-bad-yu-nai-ar-kad

 

flying

ADJ สามารถ บิน ได้  ซึ่ง บิน ได้  sa-mad-bin-dai

 

flying saucer

N ยานอวกาศ ที่ มาจาก นอก โลก  จานผี  จานบิน  yan-ar-wa-kad-ti-ma-jak-nok-lok

 

flying visit

IDM แวะ สักพัก  wae-sak-pak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FLYING

ppr. 1. Moving in air by means of wings; passing rapidly; springing; bursting; avoiding.
2. a. Floating; waving; as flying colors.
3. a. Moving; light, and suited for prompt motion; as a flying camp.
Flying colors, a phrase expressing triumph.

 

FLYING-BRIDGE

n.A bridge of pontoons; also, a bridge composed of two boats.

 

FLYING-FISH

n.A small fish which flies by means of its pectoral fins. It is of the genus Exocoetus.

 

FLYING-PARTY

n.In military affairs, a detachment of men employed to hover about an enemy.

 

FLYING-PINION

n.The part of a clock, having a fly or fan, by which it fathers air, and checks the rapidity of the clock's motion, when the weight descends in the striking part.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FLYING

Fly "ing, a. Etym: [From Fly, v. i.]

 

Defn: Moving in the air with, or as with, wings; moving lightly or rapidly; intended for rapid movement.

 

Flying army (Mil. ) a body of cavalry and infantry, kept in motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy in continual alarm. Farrow. --Flying artillery (Mil. ), artillery trained to rapid evolutions, -- the men being either mounted or trained to spring upon the guns and caissons when they change position. -- Flying bridge, Flying camp. See under Bridge, and Camp. -- Flying buttress (Arch. ), a contrivance for taking up the thrust of a roof or vault which can not be supported by ordinary buttresses.It consists of a straight bar of masonry, usually sloping, carried on an arch, and a solid pier or buttress sufficient to receive the thrust. The word is generally applied only to the straight bar with supporting arch. -- Flying colors, flags unfurled and waving in the air; hence: To come off with flying colors, to be victorious; to succeed thoroughly in an undertaking. -- Flying doe (Zoöl.), a young female kangaroo. -- Flying dragon. (a ) (Zoöl.) See Dragon, 6. (b ) A meteor. See under Dragon. -- Flying Dutchman. (a ) A fabled Dutch mariner condemned for his crimes to sail the seas till the day of judgment. (b ) A spectral ship. -- Flying fish. (Zoöl.) See Flying fish, in the Vocabulary. -- Flying fox (Zoöl.), the colugo. -- Flying frog (Zoöl.), an East Indian tree frog of the genus Rhacophorus, having very large and broadly webbed feet, which serve as parachutes, and enable it to make very long leaps. -- Flying gurnard (Zoöl.), a species of gurnard of the genus Cephalacanthus or Dactylopterus, with very large pectoral fins, said to be able to fly like the flying fish, but not for so great a distance.

 

Note: Three species are known; that of the Atlantic is Cephalacanthus volitans. -- Flying jib (Naut. ), a sail extended outside of the standing jib, on the flying-jib boom. -- Flying-jib boom (Naut. ), an extension of the jib boom. -- Flying kites (Naut. ), light sails carried only in fine weather. -- Flying lemur. (Zoöl.) See Colugo. -- Flying level (Civil Engin. ), a reconnoissance level over the course of a projected road, canal, etc. -- Flying lizard. (Zoöl.) See Dragon, n, 6. -- Flying machine, an apparatus for navigating the air; a form of balloon. -- Flying mouse (Zoöl.), the opossum mouse (Acrobates pygmæus ), of Australia.

 

Note: It has lateral folds of skin, like the flying squirrels. -- Flying party (Mil. ), a body of soldiers detailed to hover about an enemy. -- Flying phalanger (Zoöl.), one of several species of small marsuupials of the genera Petaurus and Belideus, of Australia and New Guinea, having lateral folds like those of the flying squirrels. The sugar squirrel (B. sciureus ), and the ariel (B. ariel ), are the best known; -- called also squirrel petaurus and flying squirrel. See Sugar squirrel. -- Flying pinion, the fly of a clock. -- Flying sap (Mil. ), the rapid construction of trenches (when the enemy's fire of case shot precludes the method of simple trenching ),by means of gabions placed in juxtaposition and filled with earth. -- Flying shot, a shot fired at a moving object, as a bird on the wing. -- Flying spider. (Zoöl.) See Ballooning spider. -- Flying squid (Zoöl.), an oceanic squid (Ommastrephes, or Sthenoteuthis, Bartramii ), abundant in the Gulf Stream, which is able to leap out of the water with such force that it often falls on the deck of a vessel. -- Flying squirrel (Zoöl.) See Flying squirrel, in the Vocabulary. -- Flying start, a start in a sailing race in which the signal is given while the vessels are under way. -- Flying torch (Mil. ), a torch attached to a long staff and used for signaling at night.

 

FLYING BOAT

FLYING BOAT Flying boat.

 

Defn: A compact form of hydro-aëroplane having one central body, or hull.

 

FLYING FISH

FLYING FISH Fly "ing fish `. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A fish which is able to leap from the water, and fly a considerable distance by means of its large and long pectoral fins. These fishes belong to several species of the genus Exocoetus, and are found in the warmer parts of all the oceans.

 

FLYING SQUIRREL

FLYING SQUIRREL Fly "ing squir "rel ( or ). (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: One of a group of squirrels, of the genera Pteromus and Sciuropterus, having parachute-like folds of skin extending from the fore to the hind legs, which enable them to make very long leaps.

 

Note: The species of Pteromys are large, with bushy tails, and inhabit southern Asia and the East Indies; those of Sciuropterus are smaller, with flat tails, and inhabit the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America. The American species (Sciuropterus volucella ) is also called Assapan. The Australian flying squrrels, or flying phalangers, are marsupials. See Flying phalanger (above ).

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

flying

fly ing |ˈflī -iNG flaɪɪŋ | ▶adjective moving or able to move through the air with wings: a flying ant. • done while hurling oneself through the air: he took a flying kick at a policeman. • moving rapidly, esp. through the air: one passenger was cut by flying glass. • hasty; brief: a flying visit. • used in names of animals that can glide by using winglike membranes or other structures, e.g., flying squirrel. ▶noun flight, esp. in an aircraft: she hates flying. PHRASES with flying colors with distinction: Sylvia had passed her exams with flying colors.

 

flying boat

fly ing boat |ˈˌflaɪɪŋ ˈboʊt | ▶noun a large seaplane that lands with its fuselage in the water.

 

flying bomb

fly ing bomb ▶noun a small pilotless aircraft with an explosive warhead, esp. a V-1.

 

flying bridge

fly ing bridge ▶noun another term for flybridge.

 

flying buttress

fly ing but tress |ˈˌflaɪɪŋ ˈbətrəs | ▶noun Architecture a buttress slanting from a separate pier, typically forming an arch with the wall it supports.

 

flying change

fly ing change ▶noun a movement in riding in which the leading leg at the canter is changed without breaking gait while the horse is in the air.

 

flying doctor

fly ¦ing doc ¦tor ▶noun (in Australia ) a doctor who uses radio communication and travels by aircraft to visit patients in remote areas of the country.

 

flying dragon

fly ing drag on ▶noun an arboreal Southeast Asian lizard that has expanding membranes along the sides of the body, used for gliding between trees. Also called dragon. [Genus Draco, family Agamidae: several species. ]

 

Flying Dutchman

Fly ing Dutch man a legendary spectral ship supposedly seen in the region of the Cape of Good Hope and presaging disaster. • the captain of this ship.

 

flying fish

fly ing fish |ˈˌflaɪɪŋ ˈfɪʃ | ▶noun a fish of warm seas that leaps out of the water and uses its winglike pectoral fins to glide over the surface for some distance. [Family Exocoetidae: several genera and species, in particular Exocoetus volitans. ]

 

flying fox

fly ing fox |ˈˌflaɪɪŋ ˈfɑks | ▶noun a large fruit bat with a foxlike face, found in Madagascar, Southeast Asia, and northern Australia. [Pteropus and two other genera, family Pteropodidae: numerous species. ]

 

flying frog

fly ing frog ▶noun a nocturnal arboreal Asian frog that is able to glide between trees using the large webs between its extended toes. [Polypedates leucomystax, family Rhacophoridae. ]

 

flying gurnard

fly ing gur nard ▶noun a bottom-dwelling marine fish that has bony armor on the skull, spines behind the head, and large brightly colored pectoral fins. It moves through the water with a gliding or flying motion. [Family Dactylopteridae: two genera and several species. ]

 

flying jacket

fly ¦ing jacket ▶noun a short jacket similar to a bomber jacket, typically of leather and with a warm lining or collar and several pockets.

 

flying lemur

fly ing le mur ▶noun a tree-dwelling lemurlike mammal with a membrane between the fore- and hind limbs for gliding from tree to tree. It is nocturnal and native to Southeast Asia. Also called colugo. [Family Cynocephalidae and genus Cynocephalus, order Dermoptera: two species. ]

 

flying lizard

fly ing liz ard ▶noun another term for flying dragon.

 

flying machine

fly ing ma chine |flaɪɪŋ məˈʃin | ▶noun an aircraft, esp. an early or unconventional one.

 

flying mouse

fly ing mouse ▶noun 1 Computing a mouse that can be lifted from the desk and used in three dimensions. 2 another term for feathertail glider.

 

flying officer

fly ¦ing of ¦fi |cer ▶noun a rank of commissioned officer in the RAF, above pilot officer and below flight lieutenant.

 

flying phalanger

fly ing pha lan ger ▶noun a small Australasian marsupial with a membrane between the fore- and hind limbs for gliding. [Genera Petaurus and Petauroides, family Petauridae: five species. ]

 

flying picket

fly ¦ing picket ▶noun Brit. a person who, with others, travels to picket any workplace where there is an industrial dispute.

 

flying saucer

fly ing sau cer |ˈˌflaɪɪŋ ˈsɔsər | ▶noun a disk-shaped flying craft supposedly piloted by aliens; a UFO.

 

flying snake

fly ing snake ▶noun a greenish semiarboreal Southeast Asian snake that can glide down from a tree in a stiff horizontal position, with the belly hollowed to slow its descent. [Chrysopelea ornata, family Colubridae. ]

 

flying squad

fly ing squad |ˈˌflaɪɪŋ ˈskwɑd | ▶noun Brit. a division of a police force or other organization that is capable of reaching an incident quickly.

 

flying squirrel

fly ing squir rel |flaɪɪŋ ˈskwər (ə )l | ▶noun a small squirrel that has skin joining the fore and hind limbs for gliding from tree to tree. [Subfamily Pteromyinae, family Sciuridae (many species in Southeast Asia, northern Eurasia, and North America ) and family Anomaluridae (several species in Africa ). The two common North American species are the northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus ) and the southern flying squirrel (G. volans ).]

 

flying start

fly ing start |ˈˌflaɪɪŋ ˈstɑrt | ▶noun a start of a race or time trial in which the starting point is passed at speed. • a good beginning, esp. one giving an advantage over competitors: the team got off to a flying start in last year's rally.

 

flying suit

fly ¦ing suit ▶noun a one-piece garment worn by the pilot and crew of a military or light aircraft.

 

flying trapeze

fly ing tra peze ▶noun another term for trapeze ( sense 1 ).

 

flying wedge

fly ing wedge ▶noun a fast-moving group, as of police officers, linked together closely in a V-shaped formation, sometimes used to force a way through a crowd or to protect someone behind them.

 

flying wing

fly ing wing ▶noun an aircraft with little or no fuselage and no vertical airfoil.

 

Oxford Dictionary

flying

fly ¦ing |ˈflʌɪɪŋ | ▶adjective moving or able to move through the air with wings: a flying ant. • moving rapidly, especially through the air: one passenger was cut by flying glass. • done while launching oneself at someone: he took a flying kick at a policeman. • hasty; brief: a flying visit. • used in names of animals that can glide by using wing-like membranes or other structures, e.g. flying squirrel. ▶noun [ mass noun ] flight, especially in an aircraft: she hates flying. PHRASES go flying informal, chiefly Brit. fall or be knocked over: Rob tripped over a branch and went flying. with flying colours with distinction: Sylvia had passed her exams with flying colours.

 

flying boat

fly ¦ing boat ▶noun a large seaplane that lands with its fuselage in the water.

 

flying bomb

fly ¦ing bomb ▶noun a small pilotless aircraft with an explosive warhead, especially a V-1.

 

flying bridge

fly ¦ing bridge ▶noun another term for flybridge.

 

flying buttress

fly ¦ing but |tress ▶noun Architecture a buttress slanting from a separate column, typically forming an arch with the wall it supports.

 

flying change

fly ¦ing change ▶noun a movement in riding in which the leading leg in the canter position is changed without loss of speed while the horse is in the air.

 

flying doctor

fly ¦ing doc ¦tor ▶noun (in Australia ) a doctor who uses radio communication and travels by aircraft to visit patients in remote areas of the country.

 

flying dragon

fly ¦ing dragon ▶noun another term for flying lizard.

 

Flying Dutchman

Flying Dutch |man a legendary ghostly ship supposedly seen in the region of the Cape of Good Hope and presaging disaster. • the captain of the Flying Dutchman.

 

flying fish

fly ¦ing fish ▶noun a fish of warm seas which leaps out of the water and uses its wing-like pectoral fins to glide over the surface for some distance. ●Family Exocoetidae: several genera and species, in particular Exocoetus volitans.

 

flying fox

fly ¦ing fox ▶noun 1 a large fruit bat with a foxlike face, found in Madagascar, SE Asia, and northern Australia. ●Pteropus and two other genera, family Pteropodidae: numerous species. 2 Austral. /NZ an overhead cable and apparatus for transporting materials over difficult terrain.

 

flying frog

fly ¦ing frog ▶noun a nocturnal arboreal Asian frog which is able to glide between trees using the large webs between its extended toes. ●Polypedates leucomystax, family Rhacophoridae.

 

flying gurnard

fly ¦ing gur |nard ▶noun a bottom-dwelling marine fish that has bony armour on the skull and large brightly coloured pectoral fins. It moves through the water with a gliding or flying motion. ●Family Dactylopteridae: two genera and several species.

 

flying jacket

fly ¦ing jacket ▶noun a short jacket similar to a bomber jacket, typically of leather and with a warm lining or collar and several pockets.

 

flying lemur

fly ¦ing lemur ▶noun a nocturnal tree-dwelling SE Asian mammal resembling a lemur, with a membrane between the fore- and hindlimbs for gliding from tree to tree. Also called colugo. ●Family Cynocephalidae and genus Cynocephalus, order Dermoptera: two species.

 

flying lizard

fly ¦ing liz ¦ard ▶noun an arboreal SE Asian lizard which has expanding membranes along the sides of the body, used for gliding between trees. Also called dragon, flying dragon. ●Genus Draco, family Agamidae: several species.

 

flying machine

fly ¦ing ma |chine ▶noun an aircraft, especially an early or unconventional one.

 

flying mouse

fly ¦ing mouse ▶noun another term for feathertail glider.

 

flying officer

fly ¦ing of ¦fi |cer ▶noun a rank of commissioned officer in the RAF, above pilot officer and below flight lieutenant.

 

flying phalanger

fly ¦ing pha ¦lan |ger ▶noun a small Australasian marsupial with a membrane between the fore- and hindlimbs for gliding. Also called glider. ●Genera Petaurus and Petauroides, family Petauridae: five species.

 

flying picket

fly ¦ing picket ▶noun Brit. a person who, with others, travels to picket any workplace where there is an industrial dispute.

 

flying saucer

fly ¦ing sau ¦cer ▶noun a disc-shaped flying craft supposedly piloted by aliens; a UFO.

 

flying snake

fly ¦ing snake ▶noun a greenish semi-arboreal SE Asian snake which can glide down from a tree in a stiff horizontal position, with the belly hollowed to slow its descent. ●Chrysopelea ornata, family Colubridae.

 

flying squad

fly ¦ing squad ▶noun Brit. a division of a police force or other organization which is capable of reaching an incident quickly.

 

flying squirrel

fly ¦ing squir |rel ▶noun a small squirrel that has skin joining the fore- and hindlimbs for gliding from tree to tree. ●Subfamily Pteromyinae, family Sciuridae (many species in SE Asia, northern Eurasia, and North America ), and family Anomaluridae (several species in Africa; see also scaly-tailed squirrel ).

 

flying start

fly ¦ing start ▶noun a start of a race or time trial in which the starting point is passed at speed. • a good beginning, especially one giving an advantage over competitors: the team got off to a flying start in last year's rally.

 

flying suit

fly ¦ing suit ▶noun a one-piece garment worn by the pilot and crew of a military or light aircraft.

 

flying trapeze

fly ¦ing trap |eze ▶noun another term for trapeze ( sense 1 ).

 

flying wedge

fly ing wedge ▶noun a fast-moving group, as of police officers, linked together closely in a V-shaped formation, sometimes used to force a way through a crowd or to protect someone behind them.

 

flying wing

fly ¦ing wing ▶noun an aircraft with little or no fuselage and no tailplane.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

flying

flying adjective 1 a flying beetle: winged; airborne, in the air, in flight. 2 a flying visit: brief, short, lightning, fleeting, hasty, rushed, hurried, quick, whistle-stop, cursory, perfunctory; informal quickie. ANTONYMS long.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

flying

flying adjective 1 a flying beetle: airborne, in the air, in flight; fluttering, flitting, flapping, hovering, floating, gliding, wind-borne, soaring, winging, wheeling; winged; rare volitant. 2 a flying visit: brief, short, whistle-stop, lightning, fleeting, hasty, rushed, hurried, quick, cursory, perfunctory; momentary; informal quickie; rare fugacious. ANTONYMS long.

 

Duden Dictionary

Flying Dutchman

Fly ing Dutch man Substantiv, maskulin , der |ˈfla͜iɪŋ ˈdat͜ʃmən |der Flying Dutchman; Flying Dutchman, Flying Dutchmen |[…mən ]|englisch = Fliegender Holländer (vielleicht in Anspielung darauf, dass das Boot von einem Holländer konstruiert wurde )von zwei Personen zu segelndes Boot mit Schwert für den Rennsegelsport Kennzeichen: die schwarzen Buchstaben FD im Segel

 

Flying Food

Fly ing Food Substantiv, Neutrum , das |ˈfla͜iɪŋ ˈfuːd |das Flying Food; Genitiv: des Flying Food [s ] zu englisch to fly = fliegen und food = Essen, Nahrung Gesamtheit der Speisen, die auf Partys oder Empfängen von Personal auf Platten serviert werden und im Stehen zu verzehren sind

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

flying

fly ing /fláɪɪŋ /→fly 1 形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗1 (空を )飛ぶ, 飛べる ; (空中に )翻る, ひらひらする ▸ flying banners [hair ]翻る旗 [ほつれ毛 ]2 飛ぶように速い ▸ flying hours 飛ぶように過ぎる時間 3 大急ぎの, あわただしい ▸ pay [make ] a flying visit ちょっと立ち寄る 4 飛行 (用 )の ▸ a flying corps [suit ]飛行隊 [服 ]5 〘海 〙(帆の下縁が )しっかり取り付けてない, 吹き流しの .名詞 U 飛ぶこと, 飛行 (flight ).～́ b ò at 飛行艇 .～́ b ò mb 飛行爆弾 .～́ c ò lumn 〘軍 〙遊撃隊, 別働隊 .～̀ d ó ctor (オーストラリアなどで, 遠隔地へ )飛行機で往診する医師 .F -̀ D ú tchman 〖the ～〗1 さまよえるオランダ船 〘喜望峰沖で見られたといわれる幽霊船 〙.2 さまよえるオランダ人 〘(1 )の船長 〙.～́ f ì sh 〘魚 〙トビウオ .～̀ f ó x 〘動 〙オオコウモリ .～̀ j í b 〘海 〙フライングジブ 〘帆船の最先端の小さな三角帆 〙.～̀ j ú mp [l é ap ]走り高 [幅 ]飛び .～̀ l é mur 〘動 〙ヒヨケザル, コウモリザル .～́ ò fficer ｟英 ｠〘軍 〙空軍中尉 .～̀ p í cket (他社の労働者に参加を促す )スト参加者, オルグ .～̀ s á ucer 空飛ぶ円盤 (→UFO ).～́ squ à d ｟英 ｠(警察の )緊急出動隊, 特別機動隊 .～̀ squ í rrel 〘動 〙ムササビ [モモンガ ]の類 .～̀ st á rt 〖単数形で 〗1 〘競技 〙助走スタート 〘自動車レースなどでスタートラインの前で助走をつけてスタートする 〙.2 〘競技 〙フライング (スタート ) 〘合図の前にスタートを切る反則 〙.3 速いスタート, 好調な出だし ▸ get off to a flying start 好調なスタートを切る .～̀ t á ckle (ラグビーなどで )フライングタックル 〘宙に跳んで相手をタックルする 〙.～̀ w í ng 〘空 〙全翼機 〘尾翼がなく全体が翼状の飛行機 〙.