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airlift

/air-lift/US // ˈɛərˌlɪft //UK // (ˈɛəˌlɪft) //

空运,空中运输,航空运输,升空

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    Also air lift .

    • : a system for transporting persons or cargo by aircraft, especially in an emergency.
    • : the persons or cargo so transported.
    • : the act or process of transporting such a load.
    • : a pump for raising liquids by the pressure of air forced into the pump chamber.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to transport by airlift.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to an airlift or airlifts: to increase the army's airlift capacity.

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Examples

  • When he emerged from his medically induced coma in Berlin, having been airlifted there from Omsk, he immediately accused Putin of being behind the attack.

  • It jumped the river and raced through the timber to a reservoir known as Mammoth Pool, where a last-minute airlift saved 200 campers from fiery death.

  • Lufthansa will airlift fresh produce to Britain on Wednesday amid fears of shortages over the festive season, even as France prepares to reopen the main truck-ferry route with its neighbor.

  • Later that month, she was airlifted to a hospital in Jacksonville, Florida.

  • In one of the hijackings, an injured crew member had to be airlifted by helicopter to a hospital on land.

  • “Air refueling and airlift assets were the literal pinch I am describing here,” the official said.

  • So after a year of record killings, an ambitious rescue effort is underway to airlift the great beasts to safety.

  • Throughout its history, Israel has helped airlift vulnerable Jewish populations in countries like Yemen and Ethiopia to safety.

  • That was when “instinct kicked in,” said Chief Master Sergeant James Ross, a friend and fellow airman from the 152nd Airlift Wing.

  • "We don't have any trains or direct buses," said U.S. Marshal Pickering as he explained the airlift procedure.

  • The need to respond on a moment's notice adds to the value of airlift and prepositioned ships.

  • An airlift of supplies dropped by parachute was being organized.

  • How long do you think it'd take, with the equipment you have, to airlift all of Jonkvank's loyal troops into the city?

  • It looked as helpless as isolated Berlin did before the first airlift proved what men and planes could do in the way of transport.

  • The Soviet effort to capture Berlin by blockade was thwarted by the courageous Allied airlift.