seaplane
水上飞机,海上飞机
Definitions
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- : an airplane provided with floats for taking off from or landing on water.
Examples
Be aware that neither the commercial ferry nor seaplane will take your pet to the island, so plan accordingly.
VESSELS MOORED IN HARBOR: NINE BATTLESHIPS; THREE CLASS-B CRUISERS; THREE SEAPLANE TENDERS; SEVENTEEN DESTROYERS.
We cantered over to Seaplane Camp; passed the time of day to the men there and over-hauled some of the machines.
Early in the evening—at 7.50—a seaplane depot-ship came alongside and took us in tow for ten hours.
"I can't make it out, Ned," he said as the boys stood watching the mechanics warm up the engines of the big seaplane.
The seaplane took the water safely, and "E 11" took her in tow with the idea of saving the machine.
She slipped tow from Number One seaplane and fired several revolver bullets through its floats to ensure its sinking.