fleet
US: /ˈfɫit/
UK: /flˈiːt/
UK: /flˈiːt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
fleet /fleet/
- danh từ
- đội tàu, hạm đội
- đội máy bay, phi đội
- đoàn tàu, đoàn xe (của ai)
- the fleet
- hải quân
- Fleet Air Arm
- binh chủng không quân (của hải quân Anh)
- fleet of the desert
- đoàn lạc đà trên sa mạc
- danh từ
- vịnh nhỏ
- vịnh nhỏ
- tính từ
- (thơ ca) (văn học) nhanh, mau, mau chóng, nhanh chóng
- a fleet horse: ngựa phi nhanh
- to be fleet of foot: nhanh chân
- nông cạn
- (thơ ca) (văn học) nhanh, mau, mau chóng, nhanh chóng
- phó từ
- nông
- to plough fleet: cày nông
- nông
- nội động từ
- biến, lướt qua, lướt nhanh
- bay nhanh
Advanced English dictionary
noun, adjective
+ noun
1 [C] a group of military ships commanded by the same person: a fleet of destroyers + Nelson destroyed the Franco-Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar.
2 [C] a group of ships fishing together: a fishing / whaling fleet
3 (the fleet) [sing.] all the military ships of a particular country: a reduction in the size of the British fleet
4 [C] ~ (of sth) a group of planes, buses, taxis, etc. travelling together or owned by the same organization: the company's new fleet of vans
+ adjective (literary) able to run fast: fleet of foot + fleet-footed
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
armada, flotilla, navy, naval (task) force, task force, squadron, convoy, division:
A fleet of submarines was sent to harass shipping in the Atlantic.
adj.
swift, rapid, fast, speedy, quick, nimble, expeditious, agile:
Nowadays, the fleetest transportation in a large city is by bicycle.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
great, huge, large
a large fleet of gunboats
| small | fishing, whaling | merchant, shipping | battle, invasion | enemy, foreign | submarine, tanker | car, vehicle
the company car fleet
VERB + FLEET
operate, own
He operated a small fishing fleet.
| command | mobilize, send (in)
The fleet was mobilized and the country prepared for war.
| disband, ground | defeat, destroy | join
The ship sailed to join the fleet at Barbados.
| maintain
The fleet was is very expensive to maintain.
PREP.
in a/the ~
There were over 500 ships in the enemy fleet.
| ~ of
a fleet of taxis
Concise English dictionary
fleets|fleeted|fleetingflɪːt
noun
+group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership
+group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership
+a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership
+a group of warships organized as a tactical unit
verb
+move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
+disappear gradually
adj.
+moving very fast
