flyby

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flyby — 名詞

  • flybysingular
  • flybiesplural

1. a planned journey by a spacecraft that passes close to a planet, moon, or other

1.名詞B2
釋義

飛掠

太空船接近天體飛行收集資料

a planned journey by a spacecraft that passes close to a planet, moon, or other object in space in order to collect information or images

例句

The space probe performed a close flyby of Venus to study its thick atmosphere.

這艘太空探測器近距離飛掠金星，研究其濃厚的大氣層。

flyby + of + celestial body (object of study)

During the flyby, the spacecraft sent back detailed pictures of the moon's surface.

在飛掠期間，太空船傳回了月球表面的詳細照片。

同義詞
  • flypast

    British English term for a ceremonial aircraft formation; not used for spacecraft.

  • pass

    more general; a satellite pass can refer to any overhead crossing, not necessarily for data collection.

文法句型

flyby + of + celestial body

用法筆記

Commonly used with the name of the target object: a flyby of Mars / a Venus flyby. The noun often appears attributively: flyby mission, flyby data.

常見錯誤

❌The plane did a flyby of the airport.' (for a routine landing approach).
✅The space probe did a flyby of Jupiter.
💡flyby in this sense refers specifically to a spacecraft passing a celestial object, not any aircraft flight.

2. several military planes or helicopters that fly together in a planned arrangemen

2.名詞B1
釋義

分列飛行

多架軍機以特定編隊進行典禮展示

several military planes or helicopters that fly together in a planned arrangement, usually for a public ceremony or official display

例句

The air force organised a flyby of fighter jets for the national holiday celebration.

空軍為國慶典禮安排了戰鬥機編隊飛行。

flyby + of + aircraft type for an occasion

The ceremony ended with a flyby by five helicopters flying in a wide V-formation.

典禮以五架直升機排成寬闊V字形編隊飛行作為結束。

同義詞
  • flypast

    standard British term for ceremonial aircraft formations; more common than flyby in UK English.

  • air show

    a larger public event that includes flybys but also ground displays and other performances.

文法句型

flyby + of + aircraft type

flyby + over + location

用法筆記

In British English, the term flypast is more common for this sense. In American English, flyby is used for both spacecraft and aircraft formations.

常見錯誤

❌The spacecraft did a ceremonial flyby of the stadium.
✅The fighter jets did a ceremonial flyby of the stadium.
💡for ceremonial formations, the subject should be an aircraft, not a spacecraft.