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An airdrop is the act of sending food, medicine, or other supplies to people by letting them fall from a plane, often by parachute. You hear it when roads are closed: war, floods, mountains, a town that planes can reach but trucks cannot.
An airdrop空投 is the act of sending food, medicine, or other supplies to people是把食物、藥品或其他物資送給人們的行動，by letting them fall from a plane讓它們從飛機上落下，often by parachute通常用降落傘。You hear it when roads are closed當道路不通時你會聽到這個詞：war, floods, mountains戰爭、水災、山區，a town that planes can reach but trucks cannot飛機到得了但卡車到不了的城鎮。
It is both a thing you can name (an airdrop of food) and a thing you can do (to airdrop supplies). The verb is common in news: they airdropped water to the village.
It is both a thing you can name它既是一個可以當名詞講的東西（an airdrop of food一次食物的空投）and a thing you can do也是一個可以當動詞做的動作（to airdrop supplies空投物資）。The verb is common in news這個動詞在新聞裡很常見：they airdropped water to the village他們把水空投給那個村子。
It feels a little military or official, but aid groups use it too.
It feels a little military or official它聽起來有點軍事或官方的味道，but aid groups use it too但救援團體也會用這個字。
People also stretch the idea: in Taiwan, AirDrop is what many people call Apple’s way of sending files from one phone to another — that is a brand use of the same picture (something travelling through the air), not boxes falling from a plane.
People also stretch the idea人們也把這個概念延伸出去：in Taiwan在台灣，AirDrop is what many people call很多人把AirDrop拿來稱呼 Apple's way of sending files from one phone to another蘋果手機互傳檔案的功能——that is a brand use of the same picture這是同一個畫面的品牌用法（something travelling through the air東西在空中移動），not boxes falling from a plane不是箱子從飛機上掉下來。
原始詞典資料7 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。
AirDropname
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computingengineeringmathematicsA wireless service of Apple Inc. which can transfer files among supported Macintosh computers and iOS devices by means of close-range wireless communication.
AirDropverb
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computingengineeringmathematicsTo transfer a file using AirDrop.
- “Another day another group of french^([sic]) teens trying to AirDrop me memes on the subway,” one woman tweeted. “In a crowd of teens and they keep trying to AirDrop me memes!!!” said another. One young Twitter user joked that she was going to a music festival last weekend “just to AirDrop.”
- Cyber-flashing is not experienced as a less harmful or less damaging behaviour just because it happens digitally rather than on the street. […] For those who have been AirDropped in a public place, there is not even the comfort of knowing for certain who is guilty.
airdropnoun
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The act of delivering goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight.
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businesscryptocurrenciescryptocurrencyThe distribution of free tokens to help bootstrap a new cryptocurrency.
- But Facebook is also likely to carry out what’s known in cryptocurrency circles as an “air drop”, handing out small amounts of currency for free in an effort to kickstart the ecosystem.
airdropverb
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To deliver goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight.
- The Mako is powered by a sealed hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell, and includes a small element zero core. While not large enough to nullify the vehicle’s mass, the core can reduce it enough to be safely air-dropped.
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businesscryptocurrenciescryptocurrencyTo distribute free tokens to help bootstrap a new cryptocurrency.
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。