| 单词 | airstream mechanism |
| 释义 | air /ār/noun
ORIGIN: OFr (and Fr) air, from L āēr, āeris, from Gr āēr, āeros air airˈer noun
airˈily adverb
airˈiness noun airˈing noun
airˈless adjective
airˈlessness noun airˈward or airˈwards adverb Up into the air airˈworthiness noun airˈworthy adjective In fit condition for safe flying airˈy adjective
air ambulance noun An aircraft used to take patients from remote places to hospital airˈ-arm noun The branch of the fighting services that uses aircraft airˈbag noun
airˈball noun (sport) a shot that completely fails to touch the target airˈbase noun A base of operations for aircraft airˈ-bath noun
airˈ-bed noun An inflated mattress airˈ-bell noun An air-bubble airˈ-bends plural noun Aeroembolism airˈ-bladder noun
airˈboat noun A swamp boat airˈborne adjective
Airborne Warning and Control System see AWACS airˈ-brake noun
airˈ-breathing adjective (of a means of propulsion) which needs to take in air for combustion airˈ-brick noun A block with holes for ventilation airˈ-bridge noun A link by air transport between two points airˈbrush noun
airˈbrushed adjective airˈ-bubble noun A bubble of air, specif one causing a spot on a photograph airˈ-built adjective
airˈburst noun The explosion of a bomb, etc in the air (also intransitive verb) adjective Designed to explode in the air Airˈbus® noun A very large passenger jet aircraft used for short flights airˈ-car noun One made to ride on a cushion of air airˈ-cavity or airˈ-cell noun (botany) An intercellular space containing air airˈ-chief-marˈshal noun A Royal Air Force officer of equivalent rank to an admiral or general (abbrev ACM) air cleaner noun An air filter air-commˈodore noun A Royal Air Force officer of equivalent rank to a commodore or brigadier airˈ-compressor noun A machine which draws in air at atmospheric pressure, compresses it, and delivers it at higher pressure airˈ-condition transitive verb To equip eg a building with devices for air-conditioning airˈ-conditioned adjective airˈ-conditioner noun airˈ-conditioning noun (devices for) the bringing of air to the desired state of purity, temperature and humidity (often shortened to airˈconˈ) airˈ-cool transitive verb airˈ-cooled adjective airˈ-cooling noun Cooling by means of air airˈ-corridor noun In an area where flying is restricted, a narrow strip along which flying is allowed airˈ-cover noun
airˈcraft noun (pl airˈcraft) Any structure or machine for travelling in the air airˈcraft-carrier noun A vessel from which aircraft can take off and on which they can land airˈcraftman or airˈcraftsman noun (RAF) A member of the lowest rank airˈcraftwoman or airˈcraftswoman noun (someone of) the lowest rank in the WRAF airˈcrew noun The crew of an aircraft air curtain noun A current of air directed across a doorway or other opening to prevent draughts, maintain temperature, etc airˈ-cushion noun
air dam noun On a motor vehicle, a front spoiler airˈ-drain noun A cavity in the external walls of a building to prevent damp from getting through to the interior airˈdrawn adjective
airˈdrome noun (chiefly US) An aerodrome airˈdrop noun (military) A landing of men or supplies by parachute (also transitive verb) airˈ-dry transitive verb To dry by exposing to the air airˈ-engine noun An engine driven by heated or compressed air airˈfield noun An open expanse where aircraft may land and take off air filter noun A filter preventing dust, etc from entering the air-intake of an internal-combustion engine airˈflow noun The flow of air past a moving vehicle or in a wind tunnel airˈfoil noun (N American) An aerofoil air force noun A force organized for warfare in the air, often with caps when referring to a national force Air Force or airˈ-force adjective (air-force blue a greyish-blue such as is used for Royal Air Force uniforms) airˈframe noun The body of an aircraft as opposed to its engines air freight noun
airˈ-freight transitive verb air frost noun (meteorology) An air (not ground) temperature of below 0ºC airˈgap noun A gap in the magnetic circuit of a piece of electrical apparatus, eg the gap between the rotor and stator of an electric machine airˈ-gas noun Producer gas airˈglow noun A faint light in the night sky, produced by radiation from the upper atmosphere airˈgraph noun A letter photographically reduced for sending by air airˈ-grating noun A grating admitting air for ventilation air guitar noun The playing of an imaginary guitar to music, esp rock music airˈgun noun A gun that discharges missiles by means of compressed air airˈhead noun
air hockey noun A game, similar to table football, in which players use paddles to shoot a puck resting on a cushion of air through the opponent's goal airˈhole noun
air hostess noun An earlier word for a stewardess or flight attendant airˈ-house noun An inflatable building of nylon or Terylene coated with polyvinyl chloride which can be used by industrial firms for storage, etc airing cupboard noun A large cupboard used for drying and storing clothes and linen airˈ-intake noun
airˈ-jacket noun
air kiss noun (informal) A greeting in which a person performs a simulated kiss but does not touch the other person's face airˈ-kiss intransitive verb airˈ-lane noun A route normally taken by aircraft because of steady winds air layering noun (horticulture) The layering of shoots, not by bending them down to root in the soil but by enclosing in compost, etc at their current place of growth air letter noun A letter sent by airmail air letter form noun A prestamped sheet of paper used for sending correspondence by air air lieutenant noun A rank in the Zimbabwean Air Force equivalent to a flying officer in the Royal Air Force airˈlift noun
airˈline noun
airˈliner noun
air loadmaster noun One of a team of usu three men in charge of winching operations on a helicopter airˈlock noun
airˈmail noun Mail conveyed by air (also adjective) transitive verb To send by airmail airˈman or airˈwoman noun
airˈmanship noun The art of handling aircraft air-marˈshal noun A Royal Air Force officer of equivalent rank to a vice-admiral or a lieutenant-general air mass noun A vast horizontally uniform body of air airˈ-mechanic noun Someone who tends and repairs aircraft air mile noun
airˈ-minded adjective Having one's thoughts continually and favourably directed towards flying air miss see airprox below. airˈ-officer noun A Royal Air Force officer above the rank of air-commodore airˈ-passage noun
air-pirˈacy noun The hijacking of an aircraft air pistol and air rifle noun Guns that fire missiles by means of compressed air airˈplane noun (chiefly N American) An aeroplane airˈ-plant noun (botany) A non-parasitic plant growing on another, an epiphyte air play noun The broadcasting of a song, singer, record, etc on the radio airˈ-pocket noun A region of rarefied or down-flowing air, in which aircraft lose height air pollution noun Contamination of the air by noxious substances such as exhaust fumes and industrial waste airˈport noun
airport fiction noun A style of fiction that makes few demands on the reader, considered suitable for reading on holiday airˈ-power noun Military power in terms of aircraft airˈprox or air miss noun A near collision between aircraft in flight airˈ-pump noun An instrument for pumping air out or in air quotes plural noun (informal) A gesture, made by holding up and bending the index (and/or middle) fingers when speaking, to draw an interlocutor's attention to the fact that a word is being used ironically or incorrectly air rage noun (informal) Uncontrolled anger or aggression on an aeroplane, esp endangering the safety of fellow-passengers airˈ-raid noun An attack on a place by aircraft airˈ-rail noun A rail on which a road vehicle is carried overhead for part of its course air rifle see air pistol above. airˈ-sac noun
Air Scout noun A member of a branch of the Scouts with special interest in air activities airˈscrew noun The propeller of an aircraft air-sea rescue noun The combined use of aircraft and high-speed launches in sea rescue airˈshaft noun A passage for air into a mine, building, etc airˈship noun A mechanically driven dirigible aircraft, lighter than air air shot noun In golf, cricket or other sports, a stroke that fails to connect with the ball airˈshow noun A flying display, usu at an airbase air shower noun A flash of light created after a cosmic ray enters the earth's atmosphere airˈsick adjective airˈ-sickness noun Nausea affecting travellers by air airˈside adjective, adverb and noun (of, in or relating to) that part of an airport having direct access to the apron, and off-limits to non-travelling public and unauthorized personnel, the area usu controlled by an airport authority (go or pass airside to enter this restricted area) air sign noun Any of the three signs of the zodiac (Gemini, Libra and Aquarius) believed to have an affinity with air airˈspace noun
airˈspeed noun The speed of an aircraft, missile, etc in relation to the air through which it is moving airˈ-splint noun A contrivance zipped up and inflated for giving temporary support to an injured limb air station noun An airfield, esp a military one, with facilities for aircraft maintenance airˈstop noun A stopping-place for helicopters airˈstream noun A flow of air airstream mechanism noun The part(s) of the body, eg the lungs, which can produce a flow of air on which speech sounds, etc may be produced air strike noun An attack with aircraft airˈstrip noun
air support noun
air taxi noun A usu small aeroplane or a helicopter making short trips, often to and from an airport air terminal noun
airˈtight adjective
airˈtime noun
airtime provider noun An organization that provides access to mobile phone services airˈ-to-airˈ adjective From one aircraft to another air-traffic control noun The organized control, by visual and radio means, of the traffic into and out of aerodromes and on air routes (abbrev ATC) air-traffic controller noun airˈ-trap noun A device to prevent the escape of foul air airˈ-umbrella noun Strong air-cover air vice-marshal noun A Royal Air Force officer of equivalent rank to a rear-admiral or major-general (abbrev AVM) airˈwave noun A channel for broadcasting airˈway noun
airˈwoman noun see airman above. airˈy-fairˈy adjective
by air In an aircraft change of air Change in routine, circumstances, etc give oneself airs To put on a superior manner give the air To dismiss go up in the air To become excited or angry (see also below) in the air Prevalent in a vague or indefinite form off the air Not broadcasting or being broadcast for a period of time on the air
take air To get wind or become known take the air To have an airing up in the air
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