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airworthy

/air-wur-thee/US // ˈɛərˌwɜr ði //UK // (ˈɛəˌwɜːðɪ) //

适航,适航的,适航性,合适的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    air·wor·thi·er, air·wor·thi·est.

    • : meeting established standards for safe flight; equipped and maintained in condition to fly.

Examples

  • The FAA will have to certify SpaceShipTwo as airworthy, but there are as yet no protocols in place for that process.

  • There are about a dozen in the hands of receivers for bankrupt shipping companies; he might find one that's still airworthy.

  • The inventor thinks they will be compact and just as airworthy as ocean liners are seaworthy.

  • This is to notify you that the aircraft in question has been inspected and found to be not airworthy.

  • The law says that it can't leave the ground unless it's airworthy.

  • Without wings or control surfaces, it is obviously not airworthy.

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