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airplane

/air-pleyn/US // ˈɛərˌpleɪn //UK // (ˈɛəˌpleɪn) //

飞机,飞机上,飞机上的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a heavier-than-air aircraft kept aloft by the upward thrust exerted by the passing air on its fixed wings and driven by propellers, jet propulsion, etc.
    • : any similar heavier-than-air aircraft, as a glider or helicopter.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • I mean just the fact of something gliding—a butterfly, a model airplane, a folded-up sheet of paper.

  • In April, survey software provider Qualtrics conducted a study that found 75% of Americans didn’t feel comfortable flying on an airplane at the time.

  • This is one of the lessons I learned, all too well, when I was trying to support my college education by cleaning the insides of airplanes at LAX in the middle of the night.

  • The two founded the company in 2017 with the vision of trying to get airplanes flying autonomously as quickly as possible.

  • On July 22, the Environmental Protection Agency is expected to introduce the first-ever emissions regulations for airplanes in the United States.

  • Like him, they identified the Airbus A320 as an airplane extremely well fitted to low cost airline operations in Asia.

  • Specifically, what briefing did the flight crew receive before they went to the airplane?

  • One specific kind of emergency is at the heart of this, such as when an airplane suffers a loss of stability at night.

  • Bottom line is that it will only be a BVR [beyond visual range] airplane.

  • The airplane was owned by an Indonesian budget carrier, Lion Air.

  • Zoomed over the German lines in the war, stoking an airplane, although at that time he was only a kid.

  • The airplane pitched and swerved as the pilot changed course to disturb the aim of the bombers.

  • For a moment Johnnie stood near his beacon, vainly straining his ears for some further trace of an airplane.

  • So Jimmy and Carl found themselves housed for the night in a very comfortable home, close by the airplane.

  • Just as Jimmy was starting for his ship, he saw that the other airplane was landing close to where his own ship stood.