时间：2011-02-23 15:18来源：蓝天飞行翻译 作者：航空 点击：次
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flash /fl./ noun giving off light in sudden or periodic bursts . Lightning is accompanied by a brilliant flash. . Loss of vision may occur due to lightning flashes especially at night. . verb 1. to give off light in regular bursts . warn-ing lights flash warning lights go on and off rapidly 2. to appear or to happen suddenly . The image flashed onto the screen. flash point /fl. p..nt/ noun tem-perature at which fuel vapour or oil vapour will burst into flame flat /flt/ adjective 1. having a hori-zontal surface without a slope, tilt or curvature . It has been shown that the flat chart misrepresents the globe-shaped earth. . flat country country with no hills or mountains 2. having no air inside . The flat tyre had to be changed because it had a puncture. 3. electrically discharged or with no elec- trical charge left in it . The engine wouldn’t start because the battery was flat. flat spin /flt sp.n/ noun a descent in small circles by an aircraft flying in a nearly horizontal position flatten /flt(.)n/, flatten out verb to make flat . As altitude increases, the countryside appears to flatten out. . The Earth is spherical in shape but it is flattened at the poles. flaw /fl./ noun an imperfection in a material, often hidden, that may be an indication of future structural failure . flaw detection a process or system by which small weaknesses in metal struc-tures are found flew /flu/ . fly flexibility /fleks.b.l.ti/ noun 1. the amount or extent to which something can be bent or flexed . Wing structures must have flexibility in order to absorb sudden changes in loading. 2. the extent to which a system or device can change or respond to a variety of conditions or situations . The more reliable and quick fly-by-wire system allows a much greater degree of flexibility with aircraft stability. Opposite rigidity flexible /fleks.b(.)l/ adjective 1. not rigid, not stiff . flexible pipes pipes made of soft material such as rubber or plastic 2. capable of responding to a variety of conditions or situations; adaptable . AC electrical energy is more flexible and more efficient than DC. Opposite rigid flier /fla../ noun 1. the pilot of an air- craft 2. a passenger on an aircraft flight /fla.t/ noun 1. the motion of an object in or through the Earth’s atmos-phere or through space 2. the distance covered by a body, e.g. an aircraft, as it flies through the atmosphere . The flight from London to Paris took 55 min-utes. 3. a scheduled airline journey . Passengers for flight GF 008 to Amman should proceed to gate number 4.
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