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fleeting

fleet-ing

adj.轉瞬即逝的 [passing swiftly; vanishing quickly]

  ex. I got only a fleeting glimpse of him.
  我只是瞬間看到他一眼。

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fleet

n.艦隊

adj.快速的

fleeting <> perennial adj.四季不斷的；終年的

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字根 flect  flex == bend

flexible      adj.易彎曲的、柔韌的  // 否定 in-flexible adj.

flexibilitiy       n.易彎曲、柔韌

deflect  v.使轉向 [to bend or turn aside]

inflect  v.使曲折  [to modulate (ex. voice)]  (inflect point 反曲點)

reflect      v.反射、映出、深思反省

reflection   v.反射、倒影、深思反省

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flexible

flex(bend)-ible

adj.易彎曲的、柔韌的  [Capable of being bent or flexed; pliable.]

flight

n.飛翔,飛行

n.飛機的班次

  ex. passengers on flight 123

flimsy

flim(film的變體)-sy  (注意字型唷)

adj.輕而薄的 [Light, thin, and insubstantial]

  ex. She felt cold in her flimsy dress.
  她穿著單薄的衣服覺得很冷。

adj.脆弱的  [Lacking solidity or strength]

  ex. a flimsy table.

聯想：film + sy

flinch

v.畏懼;退縮 [to draw back or shrink, as from what is dangerous, difficult, or unpleasant.]

 ex. never flinch from difficulties.

聯想：fl(y) + inch 一寸一寸飛回來

review

clinch v.釘牢  [用釘子定牢，且在最後時還把釘子打成L型加強固定效果]

flint

n.原始人用的打火石 [A very hard, fine-grained quartz that sparks when struck with steel.]

ps. Flint 也是個地名，在底特律，在1819建立原以毛皮貿易為主，後來變成汽車城

flint   n.打火石

flirt   v.調情           

原始人送打火石(flint)來調情(flirt)

flirt

v.調情 [To make playfully romantic or sexual overtures.]

v.以玩弄的方式處理 [To deal playfully, triflingly, or superficially with]

 ex. flirt with the idea of marriage.

flip

v.輕彈;輕拍

  ex. He flipped the ash off his cigarette.
  他用手指彈掉了菸灰。

  ex. flip a coin

adj.【口】無禮的,魯莽的

  ex. a flip answer to a serious question.

flip:respect
魯莽的沒有尊敬

flit

v.輕快地飛(ex.鳥) [to move lightly and swiftly; fly, dart, or skim along]

  ex. bees flitting from flower to flower.

聯想：fl(y) + it 輕快地飛過它

flock

n.羊群、鳥群 [a number of animals of one kind, esp. sheep, goats, or birds, that keep or feed together or are herded together.]

ps.

Flock (羊、鳥)is the popular term, which applies to groups of animals, esp. of sheep or goats, and companies of birds

Drove (牛、豬)is esp. applied to a number of oxen, sheep, or swine when driven in a group

Herd (用於大型動物、牛、大象)is usually applied to large animals such as cattle, originally meaning those under the charge of someone; but by extension, to other animals feeding or driven together

Pack (用於一群動物在攻擊、防禦時用)applies to a number of animals kept together or keeping together for offense or defense

school:fish＝flock:birds＝herd:animals
魚群由魚組成＝鳥群由鳥組成＝獸群由動物組成

floodgate

flood-gate

n.水閘 [a gate designed to regulate the flow of water.]

flora

flor(flower)-a

n.植群(尤指某一地區或某一時期的植群) [ the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole.]

n.花神芙羅拉 Flora

西方古希臘神話中的花神叫Choris，到了羅馬時期被稱為Flora。她嫁給了西風之神Zephyr，丈夫送給她的是一座充滿各種花卉的園子。春天時，Flora會隨著丈夫Zephyr的腳步來到園子裡，一路上是百花齊放