喜樂美語
  1. 1nA2/ˈerəpleɪn/ · /ˈeərəpleɪn/飛機

    A flying vehicle with wings and one or more engines, used to carry people or things through the air.

    示範例句 · Example

    We got on the aeroplane at eight in the morning and landed in Tokyo before lunch.

    逐字我們在早上八點上了那架飛機，並且在午餐前降落在東京。

    「aeroplane」就是中文說的「飛機」：有機翼、有引擎，能載人或載東西在天上飛。這個拼法是英式的，美式寫成 airplane，兩個是同一個字；日常講話最常直接說 plane。這個字可以想成從「空中（aero-）＋ 平平的一片（plane）」長出來——那片平平的東西就是機翼，靠它把整架機器撐在空中。要記住介系詞：人在裡面說 on an aeroplane，搭飛機去某地說 travel by aeroplane。

    常見搭配

    • get on an aeroplane

      上飛機

      to walk into an aeroplane before a flight

      The last two passengers got on the aeroplane just in time.

    • get off an aeroplane

      下飛機

      to leave an aeroplane after a flight

      Her cousins were waiting for her when she got off the aeroplane.

    • on an aeroplane

      在飛機上

      inside an aeroplane during a flight

      I always read a book on an aeroplane.

    • travel by aeroplane

      搭飛機（去某地）

      to go somewhere using an aeroplane

      It is faster to travel by aeroplane than by boat.

    • fly an aeroplane

      駕駛飛機

      to control an aeroplane as the pilot

      He learned to fly an aeroplane when he was twenty.

    • an aeroplane takes off / lands

      飛機起飛／降落

      an aeroplane leaves the ground / comes back down to the ground

      The aeroplane took off on time and landed an hour later.

core核心畫面

Picture the machine itself: a body with fixed wings and engines, heavy with people and luggage, that still lifts off the ground and travels through the air. That physical object is the whole of the word — it has not grown any figurative meanings.

可以想成：一個有機翼、有引擎、載著人和行李，卻還是能離地飛起來的鐵殼。這個字就停在這個實體上，沒有再長出比喻的用法。值得記住的是它的地域差別：aeroplane 是英式拼法與說法，美式英語說 airplane，日常口語兩邊都常直接縮成 plane。所以看到 aeroplane，除了「飛機」本身，你也順便讀到了「這段文字大概是英式的」。

複數 aeroplanes

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

aeroplanenoun/ˈɛə̯.ɹə.pleɪ̯n/

  • 1

    aeronauticsaerospaceaviationSynonym of airplane. A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.

    • Schicklgruber's aeroplanes we smash right to the ground.
    • Piccard and Borschberg initially considered a zeppelin-like solar-powered airship but realised it would be just as difficult to make as an aeroplane and would be less quick through the air.
  • 2

    Synonym of airplane. A game played when spoon-feeding children.

  • 3

    archaicobsoleteaeronauticsaerospacebusinessSynonym of airfoil. An aerodynamic surface.

  • 4

    Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called planes.

aeroplaneverb/ˈɛə̯.ɹə.pleɪ̯n/

  • 1

    To fly in an aeroplane.

  • 2

    To transport by aeroplane.

    • The rod was discarded, and then, hand over hand, the prize of them all was aeroplaned to the top of the cliff.

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