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highflying

/hahy-flahy-ing/US // ˈhaɪˈflaɪ ɪŋ //

高飞,高空飞行,高飞的,高富帅

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : moving upward to or along at a considerable height: highflying planes.
    • : extravagant or extreme in aims, opinions, etc.; unduly lofty: highflying ideas about life.
    • : having a high cost or perceived value: the highflying glamour stocks.

Examples

  • Despite the highflying fundraising round, age still comes before beauty in the business of digital transactions.

  • With the highflying Ja Morant running the offense, that opening window was all Memphis needed to settle in feel comfortable showing off.

  • At the heart of the multibillion-dollar crisis are two highflying bankers who some say took the country for a ride.

  • Thenceforward for nineteen years a more highflying Tory than Mr. Peel was not to be found within the walls of parliament.

  • The Marshal de Broglio was appointed to their command, a highflying aristocrat, cool and capable of every thing.

  • We find in the side-notes such expressions as these—'highflying notions,' 'this ranter.'