airfreight
/air-freyt/US // ˈɛərˌfreɪt //
空运,航空运输,航空货运,空运业
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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- : air freight.
v.有主动词 verb
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- : to send or ship by air freight: to airfreight French bread to the U.S.
v.无主动词 verb
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- : to ship cargo by air freight: During the truckers' strike we had to airfreight.
adj.形容词 adjective
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- : of, relating to, or involved in air freight: the airfreight business.
Examples
In 2016, the geochemists Jonas Tusch and Carsten Münker hammered a thousand pounds of rock from the Australian Outback and airfreighted it home to Cologne, Germany.
As airfreight capacity has fallen, demand has grown as the United States brings in medical supplies from overseas to battle the virus and consumers shift their shopping online to avoid stores.
Cargo rates jumped after thousands of passenger planes, which carry more than half of airfreight, were grounded due to the travel restrictions.
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