| 单词 | by air |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby air b. The air regarded as the medium for operation of aircraft; (also) aircraft or aerial power collectively. by air: by means of (an) aircraft. Very common in combinations: see Compounds 1b. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > [noun] > power of aircraft or forces air power1908 air1917 air punch1940 society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > [adverb] > by aeroplane by air1917 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > used in warfare > collective as military power air1917 1917 Ld. Fisher Let. 11 July in R. H. S. Bacon Life Ld. F. (1929) II. xxi. 303 The air is going to win the war. 1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 111 Occasionally the Flying Corps officer is able to substitute an excursion by air..if..a bus of the type already flown by him must be chauffeured across the Channel. 1919 Daily Tel. 19 Feb. 12/6 (headline) Heroes of the Air. 1922 W. Raleigh War in Air I. 467 The hope of using the torpedo, launched from the air, against ships which are sheltered and protected from naval attack. 1944 C. Beaton Diary in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) xiv. 121 Transport becomes impossible and essential supplies have to be dropped by air. 1945 Hutchinson's Pict. Hist. War 27 Sept.–13 Mar. 54 Our land-based air was very thin indeed. 1946 ‘G. Orwell’ in Horizon Apr. 261 Defenceless villages are bombarded from the air. 1996 Economist 17 Aug. 22/3 Sending goods by air..is ever more important to companies trying to meet just-in-time delivery deadlines. 2003 S.W.A.T. May 9/2 If the suspects had fired on officers, the ground units could have been supported from the air by someone trained to return fire from the helo. < as lemmas |
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