flying
意味
- 飛ぶ,飛行する
- ひらひらする,翻る:flying flags翻る旗
- 飛ぶように速い
- 《名詞の前のみの用いて》大急ぎの
- 飛ぶこと,飛行
例文
The president is flying into town by helicopter.
大統領がヘリコプターで町に飛んでくる。
Hi! Thanks for flying with us. How are you today?
こんにちは。ようこそ当機へいらっしゃいませ。ごきげんいかがですか。
Have you ever seen an unidentified flying object?
UFOを見た事はありますか。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English fleynge, fleeʒinge, flihinde, vlyinde, vleoinde, flyand, ffleghand, flighand (also fleoninde, fleonninde, etc.), from Old English flēogende, from Proto-Germanic *fleugandz (“flying”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (“to fly”), equivalent to fly + -ing. Cognate with Saterland Frisian fljoogend (“flying”), West Frisian fleanend (“flying”), Dutch vliegend (“flying”), German Low German flegend (“flying”), German fliegend (“flying”), Danish flyvende (“flying”), Swedish flygande (“flying”), Icelandic fljúgandi (“flying”).