fleet
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++fleet1 /fliːt/ ●●○ noun [countable] 1 TTWa group of ships, or all the ships in a navy 船队；舰队 the US seventh fleet 美国第七舰队2 GROUP OF THINGSa group of vehicles that are controlled by one company 〔某家公司管理的〕车队fleet of a fleet of taxis 出租车队
Examples from the Corpus
fleet• A year's preparation may have gone into the assembling of a fleet of warships and transport vessels.• A fleet of more than 20 ambulances took the victims - believed to include several children - to hospital.• Since then his fleet has swelled from 28 to 125, advertising products as disparate as detergent, pharmaceuticals and fans.• We have the largest fleet of trucks in the state.• The defect is said to be the first of its kind in Britain's fleet of nuclear-powered submarines.• There are unconfirmed reports that the seventh fleet is moving into the area.• The almighty dollar can rejuvenate the fleet of just about any airline.• The ban was imposed on the grounds that dolphins were being killed by the tuna fleet.• Transport workers are employed in all sectors of the economy, for example in manufacturing firms who operate vehicle fleets.fleet2 adjective literary FAST/QUICKfast or quick 快速的，迅捷的 Atalanta was fleet of foot (=able to run quickly). 阿塔兰特跑起来很快。Examples from the Corpus
fleet• On, O joyful, be fleet.fleet of foot• Atalanta was good with a bow and fleet of foot.• Under those conditions a miner would have to be quite fleet of foot!• Forest boy, quick of rye, fleet of foot, but pale and spindly and pensive.From Longman Business Dictionaryfleetfleet /fliːt/ noun [countable]1TRANSPORTa group of cars, buses, trucks, planes, or ships owned or controlled by one companya distributor with a fleet of 55 trucksthe airline’s new fleet of Boeing 777 aircraftfleet car insurance2TRANSPORTa group of ships or boats sailing togethera fleet of fishing vesselsOrigin fleet1 Old English fleot “ship”, from fleotan; → FLEETING fleet2 (1500-1600) Probably from fleet “to go quickly”; → FLEETINGfleet1 nounfleet2 adjectiveChinese
or Business group ships, in the Corpus a of a ships all navy
fleet
fleet1 /fliːt/ 
noun [countable]1. a group of ships, or all the ships in a navy:
the US seventh fleet
2. a group of vehicles that are controlled by one company
fleet of
a fleet of taxis
fleet2 adjective literaryfast or quick:
Atalanta was fleet of foot (=able to run quickly).
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noun [countable]1. a group of ships, or all the ships in a navy: 2. a group of vehicles that are controlled by one company
fleet of
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adjective literaryfast or quick: