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airborne

/air-bawrn, -bohrn/US // ˈɛərˌbɔrn, -ˌboʊrn //UK // (ˈɛəˌbɔːn) //

机载,空运,空中,空降兵

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : carried by the air, as pollen or dust.
    • : in flight; aloft: The plane was airborne by six o'clock.
    • : Military. carried in airplanes or gliders: airborne infantry.Abbreviation: abn
    • : Aeronautics. supported entirely by the atmosphere; flying.

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Examples

  • That’s probably a better bet than airborne anaerobic alien organisms.

  • I’ve read viral particles can stay airborne and travel beyond six feet.

  • On April 10, it told workers that N95 respirators effectively filtered out airborne contaminants.

  • N95 masks are designed to filter out at least 95 percent of airborne particles.

  • In it, they said it’s time the health community accepts that infectious coronavirus can remain airborne.

  • President Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne Division to force Faubus to admit the students to Central High School.

  • The NYPD remained his ultimate goal as he went to work as a carrier for Airborne Express/DHL and then as a school safety officer.

  • The WhiteKnightTwo remained airborne after the incident and landed safely.

  • There is no evidence that airborne Ebola exists anywhere outside of fear-mongering headlines.

  • Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist George Will implied in an interview that Ebola may be airborne.

  • After you arrived back on AF-1, what did you do between that time and the time the plane was airborne?

  • How soon after the swearing in was the plane airborne, if you recall?

  • The dwindling of the great army accelerated, airborne replacements dependent on such erratic transport failed to fill the gaps.

  • One other radio message came from Superior, now airborne, on that first day.

  • We'll rendezvous north of Columbus—I'll give you the exact grid in half an hour, when I'm airborne.