喜樂美語
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    /ˈerəpleɪn/ · /ˈeərəpleɪn/

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

    飛機

    複數 aeroplanes

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現， 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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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。…更多收起可以想成：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」。

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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/

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

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    archaicobsoleteaeronauticsaerospacebusinessSynonym of airfoil. An aerodynamic surface.

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

aeroplaneverb/ˈɛə̯.ɹə.pleɪ̯n/

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    To fly in an aeroplane.

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    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.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。