| 单词 | aerial |
| 释义 | aerial (once / 1199 pages) 1adj 2n 3n Things that are aerial are happening in the air: birds, planes, and missiles are all aerial things. When talking about things that are literally up in the air, you can use the word aerial. If a country sends planes to bomb another country, that's an aerial attack. In football, the passing game is called the aerial game. Anything light and airy can also be called aerial, and an aerial is a device that picks up radio or TV signals: it plucks them out of the air. So when you see the word aerial, just think "air." WORD FAMILYaerial: aerialist, aerially, aerials+/aerialist: aerialists USAGE EXAMPLESArt Duncan transferred to the Royal Flying Corps, where he was twice decorated for conspicuous aerial gallantry. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Their showdown pits the Tigers’ mostly aerial attack against a Buckeyes offense that dominates with a punishing ground game and the run-pass option. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) She was a college student and aerial dancer now, with an apartment in Chicago’s West Humboldt Park neighborhood. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1 1adj existing or living or growing or operating in the air aerial roots of a philodendron aerial particles small aerial creatures such as butterflies aerial warfare aerial photography aerial cable cars Syn free-flying able to fly through the air (as a bird) 2adj characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air 2aerial fancies Syn aeriform, aery, airy, ethereal insubstantial, unreal, unsubstantial lacking material form or substance; unreal n an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper antenna, transmitting aerial dipole, dipole antenna an aerial half a wavelength long consisting of two rods connected to a transmission line at the center directional antennaan antenna that transmits or receives signals only in a narrow angle nondirectional antenna, omnidirectional antennaan antenna that sends or receives signals equally in all directions arrayan arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics dish, dish aerial, dish antenna, saucerdirectional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation radio aerial, radio antennaomnidirectional antenna comprising the part of a radio receiver by means of which radio signals are received television antenna, tv-antennaan omnidirectional antenna tuned to the broadcast frequencies assigned to television Yagi aerial, yagia sharply directional antenna electrical device a device that produces or is powered by electricity n a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer Syn|Hypo|Hyper forward pass flare, flare pass a short forward pass to a back who is running toward the sidelines screen passa short forward pass in which the receiver is protected by a screen of blockers pass, passing, passing game, passing play (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate |
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