airlift

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n. 空运, 空中补给线, 空运物资 vt. 空运

发音

US
UK /ˈɛə.lɪft/

词形变化

airlifts 复数 airlifts airlifted airlifting airlifts 三单 airlifting 现在分词 airlifted 过去式 airlifted 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

空运；空运物资

动词

空运

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The transportation of troops, civilians or supplies by air, especially in an emergency.

    空运

  2. 2.

    Such a flight.

  3. 3.

    A pipe that is used to suck up objects from the sea bed.

v.
  1. 1.

    To transport (troops etc) in an airlift.

    及物

    The mountaineer who fell down a crevasse had to be airlifted out.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

lift

上位词 5

transfer transport transportation conveyance transferral
动词

同义词 1

lift

上位词 1

fly

相关短语

non-forecast airlift

词源

From air + lift; compare sealift.

来源：wiktionary