aircraft
英 ['e?krɑ?ft]
美 ['?r'kr?ft]
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(yǔ)例句
- 1. The onslaught of orders should keep aircraft manufacturers busy for some time.
- 紛至沓來(lái)的訂單應(yīng)該會(huì)讓飛機(jī)制造商忙碌一段時(shí)間。
來(lái)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(lái)已經(jīng)完成了53種不同樣式飛行器的設(shè)計(jì)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. A light aircraft crash-landed on a putting green yesterday.
- 一架輕型飛機(jī)昨天在一個(gè)高爾夫球場(chǎng)的球洞區(qū)緊急降落了。
來(lái)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(lái)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(gòu)買(mǎi)噪音較小的新型飛機(jī)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句