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单词 aerial
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aerial

[ adjective air-ee-uhl, ey-eer-ee-uhl; noun air-ee-uhl ]
/ adjective ˈɛər i əl, eɪˈɪər i əl; noun ˈɛər i əl /
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adjective

noun

a radio or television antenna.
Football. forward pass.

Origin of aerial

1595–1605; 1900–05 for def. 11; <Latin āeri(us) of the air (<Greek āérios, equivalent to āer- (stem of āḗrair1) + -ios adj. suffix) + -al1

OTHER WORDS FROM aerial

aer·i·al·ly, adverbaer·i·al·ness, nounsu·per·aer·i·al, adjectivesu·per·aer·i·al·ly, adverb

Words nearby aerial

aerator, aerenchyma, aere perennius, aeri-, Aeria, aerial, aerialist, aeriality, aerial ladder, aerial mine, aerial perspective
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British Dictionary definitions for aerial

aerial
/ (ˈɛərɪəl) /

adjective

noun

Also called: antenna the part of a radio or television system having any of various shapes, such as a dipole, Yagi, long-wire, or vertical aerial, by means of which radio waves are transmitted or received

Word Origin for aerial

C17: via Latin from Greek aērios, from aēr air
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