(flies, flying, flew/ fluː/, flown/fləʊn; NAmEfloʊn/) [] to transport goods or passengers in a plane空运（货物或乘客）◆The airline flew nearly a million passengers last month.这家航空公司上个月运送了近 100 万人次乘客。◆The replacement parts had to be flown in specially.替换的零件不得不特地空运过来。 () [] to be successful成功◆It remains to be seen whether his project will fly.他的项目是否能成功，还有待观察。●fly ˈstandbyto travel by plane using a ticket that cannot be bought in advance and is only available a very short time before the plane leaves (a standby ticket)（飞机旅客）等退票（或余票）出行◆One in ten business travellers flies standby.十分之一的商务旅客都是临时购买飞机票出行的。➡ idiom at shelf