aircraft
英 ['e?krɑ?ft]
美['?r'kr?ft]
- n. 飛機，航空器
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詞態變化
復數:?aircraft;
英文詞源
- aircraft (n.)
- 1851, originally in reference to airships and balloons, from air (n.1) + craft (n.); a term from boating, as were many early aviation words. Of airplanes from 1907 and since 1930s exclusively of them. Aircraft carrier is attested from 1919 (H.M.S. Hermes, launched September 1919, was the first ship to be built from the hull up as an aircraft carrier).
雙語例句
- 1. The onslaught of orders should keep aircraft manufacturers busy for some time.
- 紛至沓來的訂單應該會讓飛機制造商忙碌一段時間。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Since its inception the company has produced 53 different aircraft designs.
- 該公司自成立以來已經完成了53種不同樣式飛行器的設計。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. A light aircraft crash-landed on a putting green yesterday.
- 一架輕型飛機昨天在一個高爾夫球場的球洞區緊急降落了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He had returned to England in an aircraft carrier no less.
- 他竟然坐航空母艦回的英格蘭。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The airlines have invested enormous sums in new, quieter aircraft.
- 航空公司投入了大筆資金購買噪音較小的新型飛機。
來自柯林斯例句