fighter

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Airforce, Sportfighterfight‧er /ˈfaɪtə $ -ər/ noun [countable] 1 (also fighter plane/aircraft/jet)PMP a small fast military plane that can destroy other planes He was shot down by enemy fighters. a fighter pilot2 DSFIGHTsomeone who fights, especially as a sport3 FIGHT FOR OR AGAINST somethingsomeone who keeps trying to achieve something in difficult situations James is a fighter – he never gives up. → firefighter, freedom fighterExamples from the Corpusfighter• Dad was a fighter, but he couldn't beat cancer.• a crime fighter• Halflings are excellent bowmen and stubborn fighters despite their rather diminutive size.fighter pilot• It adds up to a picture of a man in a wider context that just as a fighter pilot.• This boy wants to be a fighter pilot.• He was an outstanding fighter pilot who proved his mettle in a variety of tough assignments, including two wars.• Don Shepperd told the news conference, referring to the fighter pilots involved in the two encounters.• The fighter pilot taking a little light relief.• The fighter pilots kept it hidden at the back of a hangar, because it was thoroughly unofficial.• The downsizing Navy is training fighter pilots elsewhere.

单词	fighter
释义	fighter From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Airforce, Sportfighterfight‧er /ˈfaɪtə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun [countable] 1 (also fighter plane/aircraft/jet)PMP a small fast military plane that can destroy other planes He was shot down by enemy fighters. a fighter pilot2 DSFIGHTsomeone who fights, especially as a sport3 FIGHT FOR OR AGAINST somethingsomeone who keeps trying to achieve something in difficult situations James is a fighter – he never gives up. → firefighter, freedom fighterExamples from the Corpusfighter• Dad was a fighter, but he couldn't beat cancer.• a crime fighter• Halflings are excellent bowmen and stubborn fighters despite their rather diminutive size.fighter pilot• It adds up to a picture of a man in a wider context that just as a fighter pilot.• This boy wants to be a fighter pilot.• He was an outstanding fighter pilot who proved his mettle in a variety of tough assignments, including two wars.• Don Shepperd told the news conference, referring to the fighter pilots involved in the two encounters.• The fighter pilot taking a little light relief.• The fighter pilots kept it hidden at the back of a hangar, because it was thoroughly unofficial.• The downsizing Navy is training fighter pilots elsewhere.
随便看	be one up on one up on be one up one up on be only hope be only too glad to do be only too glad/pleased to do something be only too pleased to do be onto be onto be onto a good a winner be onto a good thing be onto a good thing winner be onto a good thing/a winner be onto somebody be onto something be open to debate be open to dispute be open to doubt be open to offers be open to question be open to question/doubt be opposed to be opposed to something be ordered back to be ordered back to something be oriented around