大家都知道“fly”是飞翔的意思,“over”是超过,那“flyover”是什么意思?

flyover 天桥;立交桥

The scheme does not include flyovers for pedestrians.

该方案不包括人行天桥。

When will that flyover be built to ease the flow of traffic?

那座立交桥什么时候建成以缓解交通堵塞?


接下来为大家介绍一些和fly有关的表达。

be flying high 平步青云;非常成功

The company was flying high as a maker of personal computers.

作为个人电脑的制造商,这家公司非常成功。

be flying high 异常兴奋(或高兴)

When the winter Olympics came to Canada, the whole country was flying high.

当加拿大成为冬奥会的主办国时,整个国家都兴奋极了。

fly in the face of something 与常识相悖

This is an argument that seems to fly in the face of common sense.

这个论点似乎与常识相悖。

fly into a rage 勃然大怒

I asked to speak to her boss and she just flew into a rage.

我要求跟她的老板谈话,结果她勃然大怒。

fly off the handle 大发雷霆

He’s extremely irritable – he flies off the handle at the slightest thing.

他极容易发火——芝麻大的小事都能让他大发雷霆。

go/send something/someone flying (使)猛然跌倒;(使)飞出去

I tripped going up the stairs and I/my books went flying.

我上楼梯时绊了一下,摔倒了/我的书掉到了地上。

fly around (看法、评论、谴责等)满天飞,四下飞速传播

All kinds of rumours are flying around about the school closing.

有关学校关闭的各种流言满天飞。

fly at someone/something 突然攻击,扑向

He flew at his brother like a crazy person.

他疯了似的扑向他哥哥。

drop like flies 大批死去;成批倒下

fly是飞翔,over是超过,那“flyover”是什么意思?

The heat was overwhelming and people were dropping like flies.

酷暑难当,人们纷纷病倒。

drop like flies 纷纷停止做(某事)

There used to be over 20 of us in our aerobics class but they’re dropping like flies.

过去我们的有氧健身班有20多个人,但是现在很多人都退出了。

fly on the wall 暗中偷听者;暗中观察者

I’d love to be a fly on the wall when those two get home!

我想暗中听听那俩人回到家说些什么!

on the fly 未经准备或较多考虑就开始匆忙做…(往往与其他事情一起进行)

This new rule seems to have been created on the fly.

这一新规则似乎未经考虑就匆匆制定了。

on the fly  无需中断一个已经运行的电脑程序(而同时执行其他功能)

He had written a program that could translate from Japanese on the fly.

他写了一个程序,可即时翻译日语。

再为大家介绍一些和over有关的表达。

over and above 除了,此外,另外

They receive extra money over and above the usual welfare payments.

除了通常的福利费以外,他们还收到一笔额外的补助。

over and done with 彻底结束;了结

She gets unpleasant tasks over and done with as quickly as possible.

她会尽快把棘手的任务处理掉。

over and out (用于无线电通话)通话完毕

‘Thank you, control tower. Over and out.’

“谢谢,控制塔。通话完毕。”

over the odds (价钱)超出所值的

It’s a nice enough car but I’m sure she paid over the odds for it.

这汽车确实很漂亮,但我敢肯定她买贵了。

over the top 太过头;太过分

I thought the decorations were way (= very) over the top.

我觉得这些装饰太过头了。

over your head 无法理解

I tried to take in what he was saying about nuclear fusion, but most of it went over my head.

我努力去理解他所说的核聚变,但大部分内容都让我理解不了。

今天的内容就这些啦。感谢大家的阅读。

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