flyer

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. That which flies, as a bird or insect.
  2. A machine that flies.
  3. An airplane pilot. dated
  4. A person who travels by airplane.
  5. A leaflet, often for advertising.
  6. The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to and winds it on the bobbin
  7. An arch that connects a flying buttress into the structure it supports.
  8. A person who is lifted and/or thrown by another person or persons.
  9. A stray shot away from the group on a target.
  10. A standard rectangular step of a staircase (as opposed to a winder).
  11. A female kangaroo; a roo; a doe; a jill.
  12. A leap or jump.
  13. A risky investment or other venture.
    — It was a great day for the pair of Fosters. They were speechless for joy. Also speechless for another reason: after much watching of the market, Aleck had lately, with fear and trembling, made her first flyer on a “margin,” using the remaining twenty thousand of the bequest in this risk.
  14. A fast-moving person or thing. informal
    — An amusing incident on the first of these journeys was the checking by signal of the flyer about 3 miles out of Paris, with the result that it was overhauled by the 6.25 p.m. semi-fast from Paris to Montargis, to the unconcealed delight of passengers in the latter.
  15. A false start.
  16. Synonym of flying cymbal.
动词 v.
  1. To distribute flyers (leaflets). intransitive
    — Neil McKinnon, the Fringe's head of external affairs, asks: Are you flyering in the right place at the right time? How are you flyering? Good flyering is about more than standing there handing out flyers to as many people as you can.
  2. To distribute flyers in (a location) or to (recipients). transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. comparative form of fly: more fly comparative,form-of

词形变化

flyers plural flier alternative flyers present,singular,third-person flyering participle,present flyered participle,past flyered past flier alternative flier alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
Baltimore flyer blue flyer blue pigeon flyer cave flyer flyerer frequent flyer high flyer high-flyer microflyer paper flyer take a flyer

词源

词源 1
From fly + -er (agent noun suffix).
With regard to the sense "female kangaroo": because of the high speed at which they move.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *plew-
Proto-Indo-European *plewk-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *pléwketi
Proto-Germanic *fleuganą
Proto-West Germanic *fleugan
Old English flēogan
Middle English fliender.
English fly
English -er
English flyer
From fly + -er (comparative suffix).
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