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aircraft

/air-kraft, -krahft/US // ˈɛərˌkræft, -ˌkrɑft //UK // (ˈɛəˌkrɑːft) //

飞机,飞行器,航空器,飞机上

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural air·craft.

    • : any machine supported for flight in the air by buoyancy or by the dynamic action of air on its surfaces, especially powered airplanes, gliders, and helicopters.

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Examples

  • Their work is being supported from the air by a large fleet of state-owned and contractor fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, providing critical Air Attack retardant and water drops with pinpoint accuracy.

  • As part of her work, she watched videos taken by drone aircraft flying above pods of surfacing whales.

  • If development of the concepts goes to plan, Airbus will officially kick off its ZEROe aircraft program by 2025, with a full-scale prototype arriving in the latter half of this decade.

  • This whole system is exacerbated by the fact that it’s not just contracts for privately owned aircraft.

  • Then a Navy recruiter asked me to take a nuclear-based test – and I’m a really good test taker – so I passed and worked as a nuclear reactor operator on a few different aircraft carriers.

  • The assessment of the strikes comes in real-time video from the aircraft.

  • Each CAP, also known as an “orbit,” consists on four aircraft.

  • Typically, aircraft will work in pairs where the flight lead will make an initial pass to mark a target with rockets.

  • “Lack of forward firing ordnance in a CAS supporting aircraft is a major handicap,” he added.

  • Some of the items Indonesian military aircraft saw were long yellow tubes.

  • By agreement, the countdown was to be broadcast to all aircraft over one of the airport frequencies.

  • Our ears were deafened by the sharp rat-tat-tat of the machine guns, and by our own frantic anti-aircraft fire.

  • Every available piece of anti-aircraft artillery was turned upon the fleecy mass.

  • "Get an anti-aircraft gun from the Island and shell hell out of them when they come round again," suggested the artilleryman.

  • Airplanes were buzzing overhead; searchlights were meeting in the sky while anti-aircraft guns banged away.