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Fleet Group Ships  Word Origin Military 柯林斯2008 牛津8

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noun, adjectiveBrE /fliːt/NAmE /fliːt/noun

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1 [countable] a group of military ships commanded by the same persona fleet of destroyers Nelson destroyed the Franco-Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar.2 [countable] a group of ships fishing togethera fishing/whaling fleet3 the fleet [singular] all the military ships of a particular countrya reduction in the size of the British fleet4 [countable] ~ (of sth) a group of planes, buses, taxis, etc. travelling together or owned by the same organizationthe company's new fleet of vansadjective

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(literary)able to run fastfleet of foot fleet-footed

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