汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 不翼而飛
bù yì ér fēi
不翼而飛 (不翼而飞)
to disappear without trace / to vanish all of a sudden / to spread fast / to spread like wildfire
翼 wing / Flew away without wings / Metaphorical items are suddenly lost / It also metaphors that things spread very quickly
傳播 傳來 流傳 擴散 傳出 傳到 傳布 散播 傳揚 傳唱 不脛而走
失而復得
①没有翅膀却飞走了。形容传播极快获奖的消息不翼而飞，早传遍了全校。②指物品突然不见了一方古砚，好好放在案上的，怎么不翼而飞了?!
不 bù/bú 翼 yì 而 ér 飞 (飛) fēi
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

那仙女魔杖一挥，桌子不翼而飞。

The fairy waved her wand and the table disappeared.

有一笔巨款在某一环节上不翼而飞。

Somewhere along the line a large amount of money went missing.

我把自行车放在图书馆外面，出来时它就不翼而飞了。

I left my bike outside the library and when I came out again it had gone.

我在家里从来找不到一支笔。每次我一买来就不翼而飞。

I can never find a pen in this house. They disappear as soon as I buy them.

星期四，当维根全队来到训练场的时候，只发现48个足球不翼而飞。

Wigan's squad ran out onto their training ground on Thursday to find 48 balls has been pinched.

被告所在强大家族的助手们对证人威逼利诱，警察也被买通，证据不翼而飞。

Acolytes of the accused's powerful family bribed and threatened witnesses. The police were paid off and evidence lost.

不过贵方的通讯员掌上宝的触笔不翼而飞时，他用小拇指在6英寸小屏上游走自如。

Your correspondent had no trouble using his little finger on his palmtop’s six-inch touchscreen when the stylus went AWOL.

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