1. 1飛行員(較舊或較書面會說「飛行家」)

    An aviator is a person who flies a plane — a pilot. The word sounds a little old and proud, the kind you hear in history books, war films, or on a medal. In ordinary talk today people say pilot. Though actually newspapers and the army still like aviator, and sunglasses called “aviators” are named after the look of old flying glasses, not after a different job. It is not a child’s everyday word, and it is not the machine itself; the machine is the aircraft.

core核心畫面

組成Borrowed from French aviateur. By the look of the English word: avi- (from the old “bird / flying” piece) + -ator (a person who does that).

同家族的字

  • aviationsame French flying family; aviation is the activity, aviator is the person
  • aviaryboth go back to Latin avis, “bird”

原始詞典資料3 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。

aviatornoun

  • 1

    An aircraft pilot, especially a military pilot. The use of the word may imply claims of superior airmanship, as in navy aviator vs. air force pilot.

    • Ruth Elder was known for her beauty and acting, but her real dream was to become the female version of transatlantic aviator Charles Lindbergh.
    • Two missing US Navy aviators have been declared dead, several days after their aircraft crashed near Mount Rainier, Washington, during a training flight, the Navy said Sunday.
  • 2

    obsoleteAn experimenter in aviation.

  • 3

    obsoleteA flying machine.

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