flying

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flying
[ˈflaɪɪŋ]
sustantivo
también:
  • she loves flying -> le encanta volar
  • flying club -> aeroclub (m)
  • flying lessons -> lecciones (f pl) de vuelo
  • flying time -> horas (f pl) de vuelo
adjetivo
1volador(ora) (bird)
  • to pass an exam with flying colors -> aprobar un examen con muy buena nota
  • flying boat (aviación) -> hidroavión (m)
  • flying doctor -> = médico que hace uso del avión o del helicóptero para visitar a pacientes en zonas remotas o de difícil acceso
  • flying fish -> pez (m) volador
  • flying saucer -> platillo (m) volante
2breve (visit)

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flying [flai-in]
participio activo
1Volante; volador; apto para el movimiento veloz y fácil.
  • Flying artillery -> artillería volante
2Flotante, undulante; desplegado.
  • Flying banners -> banderas desplegadas o flotantes
3Que se extiende más allá de lo ordinario, extra.
4Rápido, veloz.
  • Flying-jib -> petifoque, cuarto foque
  • Flying bridge -> puente volante
  • Flying buttress -> (Arq.) Botares, arbotante
  • Flying squadron -> escuadra ligera
sustantivo
5Vuelo, el acto de volar.
  • To shoot flying -> tirar al vuelo
  • Flying field -> aeropuerto, campo de aviación
  • Flying saucer -> platillo volante
  • Flying sickness -> mal de altura
  • To come off with flying colours -> salir triunfante, tener un éxito completo
(Zool.) dragón, dragón volador.

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flying [ˈflaɪɪŋ]
adjective
[+glass, debris] que vuela por los aires
DINERS were hit by flying glass when two car bombs rocked Belfast early today a man was struck and killed by flying debris when a twister (ie like a tornado) slammed into his barn
he took a flying leap at the manleap dio un salto saltó sobre el hombre;or
he knocked him to the pavement in a flying leap
he launched himself in a flying tackle and brought the intruder to the groundtackle se lanzó por el aire se lanzó en plancha y derribó al intruso;or
to make a flying visitvisit hacer una visita relámpago
to come through (sth) with flying colours salir airoso (de algo)
he passed all his exams with flying colours aprobó todos sus exámenes con éxito
So far you have passed all the tests with flying colours some companies have come through the recession with flying colours the sterling purchase price equivalent rocketed from Pounds 220m to Pounds 250m. The Pentland group, however, has come out of the deal with flying colours the Arab leader came out of this sordid crisis with flying colors Attorney General Janet Reno came out of this all with herself with flying colors for guts and candor
to get off to a flying start empezar con muy buen pie
United have got off to the new season with a flying start
noun
(gen) vuelo; (m) (aviation) aviación; (f)
I had done 60 hours of flying había realizado 60 horas de vuelo
test flying was carried out there during the war by very skilful flying he managed to bring the plane down he was awarded the Air Force Cross for his masterly flying
I don't like flying no me gusta ir en avión volar;or
flying can very often be boring
to have a fear of flying tener miedo al avión
modifier
flying boat (n) hidroavión; (m)
flying bomb (n) bomba volante; (f)
flying buttress (n) arbotante; (m)
flying doctor (n) médicoamédica rural (que se traslada en avión);a médica (m) (f)
flying fish (n) pez volador; (m)
flying fortress (n) fortaleza volante; (f)
flying fox (n) panique; (m)
flying lesson (n) clase lección de vuelo; (f)or (f)
flying machine (n) máquina de volar; (f)
Leonardo da Vinci's drawings of flying machines virtually all the nineteenth-century flying machines were designed with some kind of tail
flying officer (n) teniente de aviación; (m)
flying picket (n) piquete volante móvil; (m)or
flying saucer (n) platillo volante; (m)
flying squad (n) (Britain) brigada móvil; (f)
He became a member of the Building Trade's Flying Squad, who were rushed to blitzed towns for essential repair work Commander Kenneth Drury of Scotland Yard's Flying Squad And the flying squad investigate armed robberies? Yes but not only just investigate them # We used to get information and we used to do surveillance on them and watch them THE water authority's flying squad pounces if you unroll the hosepipe Colonel von Diemling, bring the rebels to heel by systematically cutting off their supplies and establishing a series of `flying squads" at fortified posts in the south of the colony, who harried Hottentot bands driven to the offensive in search of food
flying suit (n) traje de vuelo; (m)
flying time (n) (length of journey) duración del vuelo; (f)
He was pleased: a tailwind had cut the flying time by half an hour our flying time to Miami will be approximately 9 hours 40 minutes
(hours flown) horas de vuelo; (f)
he flew 19 missions, totaling 35 hrs. of actual flying time it's only 90 minutes flying time from London the Discovery astronauts are getting in some flying time in other aircraft
flying trapeze (n) trapecio volador; (m)

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