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
- : 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.'
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