fleeing vt. 逃离(flee的ing形式)
vi. 突然消失(flee的ing形式)
- We fired at a fleeing enemy .
我们向逃跑的敌人射击。 - The police headed off the fleeing driver.
警察截住了那个逃跑的司机。 - An observer on our galaxy or on any other would get this illusion of his neighbors fleeing in all directions .
在我们或在其他任何星系上的观测者会产生这种错觉--他的邻居正在向各方向逃散。
Flee \Flee\ (fl[=e]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fled} (fl[e^]d); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Fleeing}.] [OE. fleon, fleen, AS. fle['o]n
(imperf. fle['a]h); akin to D. vlieden, OHG. & OS. fliohan,
G. fliehen, Icel. fl[=y]ja (imperf. fl[=y][eth]i), Dan. flye,
Sw. fly (imperf. flydde), Goth. [thorn]liuhan. [root]84. Cf.
{Flight}.]
To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed
or cowardly manner; to hasten off; -- usually with from. This
is sometimes omitted, making the verb transitive.
[He] cowardly fled, not having struck one stroke.
--Shak.
Flee fornication. --1 Cor. vi.
18.
So fled his enemies my warlike father. --Shak.
Note: When great speed is to be indicated, we commonly use
fly, not flee; as, fly hence to France with the utmost
speed. ``Whither shall I fly to 'scape their hands?''
--Shak. See {Fly}, v. i., 5.