| 单词 | plane |
| 释义 | plane (once / 141 pages) 1n 2n 3n 4v 5nvadj A plane is a vehicle that flies through the air, but it is also a tool used to make something smooth and flat, a kind of tree or a level surface. As a verb, to plane something is to make it flat and smooth. Don't confuse plane with plain, an adjective that means "simple" or a noun that means "flat land," like the plains of the American Midwest. This can be tricky because plane describes something that is flat and level, or the tool or action that makes something flat and level. If you remember that plain applies only to landforms, the difference will be plain to see — meaning obvious. WORD FAMILYplane: biplane, deplane, enplane, midplane, planar, planation, planed, planely, planeness, planer, planes, planing+/biplane: biplanes/deplane: deplaned, deplanes, deplaning/enplane: enplaned, enplaning/planation: planations/planer: planers USAGE EXAMPLESUpdate from pilot….because customs computers are down…we are the 20th plane in line for a gate. Time(Jan 03, 2017) Workers in Charlotte realized there was a possibility someone was locked in the plane’s belly and contacted the Federal Aviation Administration. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Television news footage shows the plane intact on a runway with its front end touching the tarmac. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 n (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape 2we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane Syn|Hypo|Hyper sheet Cartesian plane a plane in which all points can be described in Cartesian coordinates facet planethe plane of a facet of an object (as of a cube) midline, midplanethe median plane of the body (or some part of the body) orbital plane(astronomy) the plane on which a body is orbiting picture planethe plane that is in the foreground of a drawing or painting; coextensive with but different from the objective surface of the work tangent planethe plane that contains all the lines tangent to a specific point on a surface form, shape the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance n a level of existence or development 3he lived on a worldly plane Hyper degree, level, point, stage a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process n an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets 4Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper aeroplane, airplane B-52 United States military aircraft; B- stands for bomber airliner a commercial airplane that carries passengers amphibian, amphibious aircraftan airplane designed to take off and land on water biplaneold fashioned airplane; has two wings one above the other bombera military aircraft that drops bombs during flight delta wingan airplane with wings that give it the appearance of an isosceles triangle attack aircraft, fighter, fighter aircrafta high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air hangar queenan airplane with a bad maintenance record jet, jet plane, jet-propelled planean airplane powered by one or more jet engines monoplanean airplane with a single wing multiengine airplane, multiengine planea plane with two or more engines propeller planean airplane that is driven by a propeller reconnaissance planea military airplane used to gain information about an enemy hydroplane, seaplanean airplane that can land on or take off from water ski-planean airplane equipped with skis so it can land on a snowfield tanker planean airplane constructed to transport chemicals that can be dropped in order to fight a forest fire airbusa subsonic jet airliner operated over short distances dive bombera bomber that releases its bombs during a steep dive toward the target double-prop, double-propeller plane, twin-prop, twin-propeller-planea propeller plane with an engine that drives two propellers in opposite directions (for stability) fan-jet, fanjet, turbofan, turbojetan airplane propelled by a fanjet engine floatplane, pontoon planea seaplane equipped with pontoons for landing or taking off from water flying boata large seaplane that floats with its fuselage in the water rather than on pontoons interceptora fast maneuverable fighter plane designed to intercept enemy aircraft jetlinera large jet plane that carries passengers jumbo jet, jumbojeta very large jet plane kamikazea fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II narrow-body, narrow-body aircraft, narrowbody aircrafta commercial airliner with a single aisle propjet, turbo-propeller plane, turbopropan airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine single prop, single-propeller planea propeller plane with a single propeller stealth bombera bomber that is difficult to detect by radar stealth fightera fighter that is difficult to detect by radar; is built for precise targeting and uses laser-guided bombs twinjeta jet plane propelled by two jet engines twin-aisle airplane, wide-body, wide-body aircraft, widebody aircrafta commercial airliner with two aisles heavier-than-air craft a non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel it v travel on the surface of water 5Syn|Hypo|Hyper skim aquaplane ride on an aquaplane aquaplanerise up onto a thin film of water between the tires and road so that there is no more contact with the road glide move smoothly and effortlessly 1n a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work Syn|Hypo|Hyper carpenter's plane, woodworking plane beading plane a plane with a concave blade for making moulding with beadwork block planea small plane used on end grains of wood bullnose, bullnosed planea small carpenter's plane with the cutting edge near the front chamfer planea plane that makes a beveled edge circular plane, compass planea plane with a flexible face that can plane concave or convex surfaces combination planea woodworking plane that has interchangeable cutters of various shapes dovetail planea woodworking plane designed to make the grooves for dovetail joints fore planea carpenter's plane intermediate between a jack plane and a jointer plane jack planea carpenter's plane for rough finishing jointer, jointer plane, jointing plane, long planea long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit together match plane, tonguing and grooving planea plane having cutters designed to make the tongues and grooves on the edges of matchboards openside plane, rabbet planea woodworking plane designed to cut rabbets router planea woodworking plane with a narrow cutting head that will make grooves with smooth bottoms scrub planea narrow woodworking plane used to cut away excess stock smooth plane, smoothing planea small plane for finish work spokeshavea small plane that has a handle on each side of its blade; used for shaping or smoothing cylindrical wooden surfaces (originally wheel spokes) dado planea plane for making a dado groove edge tool any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge) hand toola tool used with workers' hands 2n a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood Syn|Hyper planer, planing machine power tool a tool driven by a motor 3v cut or remove with or as if with a plane Syn|Hyper shave cut separate with or as if with an instrument 4v make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane plane the top of the door Hyper smooth, smoothen make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing 5adj having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another a plane surface Syn flat, level even being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with) |
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