| 单词 | airborne |
| 释义 | airborne (once / 4566 pages) adj Something that's airborne is flying through the air. A soaring seagull is airborne, and so is a rock launched from a slingshot. If you've ever tried parachuting from an airplane, you've been airborne, sailing through the sky, and when the plane itself takes off from the runway, it becomes airborne. On a windy day at the beach, people's umbrellas and towels sometimes become airborne. Bourne here is the past tense of bear, or "carry," so when something is airborne, it's carried by the air. WORD FAMILYairborne USAGE EXAMPLESFrom an “airborne fulfillment center” hovering near the stadium, Amazon would dispatch a drone with your purchase. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) He later joined a British army airborne division but never saw combat. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) He didn’t realize he would be assigned to the 101st Airborne Division. Washington Times(Dec 25, 2016) adj moved or conveyed by or through air Syn mobile moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place) |
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