| 单词 | jet |
| 释义 | jet (once / 294 pages) 1nadj 2nv 3nv 4n A jet is an airplane that can rapidly travel long distances. To jet is the act of getting somewhere quickly, by jet or any other way, as in, "Do you see what time it is? We better jet!" A jet is an aircraft that gets its power from jet engines rather than propellers. Jets are fast — that's probably why as a verb, jet means "to move quickly," either by taking a jet, like the celebrities who jet around the world, or the more ordinary "if I don't jet, I'll be late for school." Dishwashers and certain kinds of tubs have jets, tiny openings that push water out with great force. The streams of water are also called, you guessed it, jets. WORD FAMILYjet: jets, jetted, jetting USAGE EXAMPLESA minute into a monitoring round on recent morning, the shadowy shapes of six turtles jetted across a reef. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Airport officials say the landing gear on the Hawker Jet collapsed on landing Monday afternoon. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) After a 5-11 season, changes will be demanded of the Jets. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewelry or ornamentation Hyper brown coal, lignite, wood coal intermediate between peat and bituminous coal 2adj of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal 2Syn coal-black, jet-black, pitchy, sooty achromatic, neutral having no hue 1n the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) Syn|Hypo|Hyper spirt, spurt, squirt spray a jet of vapor spritza quick squirt of some liquid (usually carbonated water) discharge, outpouring, run the pouring forth of a fluid 2n atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward Syn|Hyper blue jet, reverse lightning atmospheric electricity electrical discharges in the atmosphere 3n an artificially produced flow of water Syn|Hyper fountain flow, flowing the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases) 4v issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth 3Water jetted forth flames were jetting out of the building Syn|Hyper gush course, feed, flow, run move along, of liquids 1n an airplane powered by one or more jet engines Syn|Hypo|Hyper jet plane, jet-propelled plane fan-jet, fanjet, turbofan, turbojet an airplane propelled by a fanjet engine jetlinera large jet plane that carries passengers jumbo jet, jumbojeta very large jet plane twinjeta jet plane propelled by two jet engines aeroplane, airplane, plane an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets 2v fly a jet plane 4Hyper aviate, fly, pilot operate an airplane n street names for ketamine Syn|Hyper K, cat valium, green, honey oil, special K, super C, super acid Ketalar, ketamine, ketamine hydrochloride a general anesthetic and tranquilizer (not a barbiturate) that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly; used mainly by veterinarians or for minor surgery with geriatric or pediatric patients; taken in large doses it causes hallucinations similar to those associated with the use of PCP |
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