单词 | airplane |
释义 | airplane /air"playn'/, n. 1. a heavier-than-air aircraft kept aloft by the upward thrust exerted by the passing air on its fixed wings and driven by propellers, jet propulsion, etc. 2. any similar heavier-than-air aircraft, as a glider or helicopter. Also, esp. Brit., aeroplane. [1870-75, for an earlier sense; alter. of AEROPLANE, with AIR1 r. AERO-] |
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