fly-by-night

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A creature which flies at night; a nocturnal flier or traveler.
  2. One who departs or flees at night in order to avoid creditors, law enforcement etc. attributive,often
    — Do not give your credit card number to that fly-by-night operation.
  3. A person or business that appears and/or disappears rapidly, appearing untrustworthy, or giving an impression of transience. derogatory,idiomatic
    — The automobile industry rose almost overnight. Orders poured into the offices of companies already organized; new companies were formed by dozens, capitalized at millions of dollars. Fly-by-night concerns sprang up like mushrooms, flooded the country with stock-selling schemes, established factories where parts of motor cars, bought elsewhere, were assembled.
  4. A traveling businessman or tradesman. derogatory,idiomatic

词形变化

fly-by-nights plural

词汇关系

近义词
fly-by-nighter
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