An airliner is a large plane that carries passengers on regular flights — the kind you board with a ticket and a seat number. It is the machine, not the company. The company is an airline; you sit in the airliner.

An airliner is a large plane that carries passengers on regular flightsAirliner指的是載客飛行固定航班的大型飛機 — the kind you board with a ticket and a seat number就是你拿著機票、有座位號碼會登機的那種。It is the machine, not the company它指的是機器不是公司。The company is an airline公司叫airline航空公司; you sit in the airliner你坐的是airliner客機。

A cargo plane, a fighter plane, and a little private jet are not airliners: the word wants something big, with many seats, flying a route.

A cargo plane, a fighter plane, and a little private jet are not airliners貨機、戰鬥機，還有小型私人噴射機都不算airliner: the word wants something big, with many seats, flying a route這個字要的是大型、有很多座位、飛固定航線的飛機。

In everyday talk people often just say plane or flight; airliner sounds a little more like a newsreader or a textbook. Though actually, the liner piece is the same idea as an ocean liner: a large vehicle on a regular line, not a lining inside a coat, and not a person who draws lines.

In everyday talk people often just say plane or flight日常說話裡大家通常直接說plane飛機或flight班機; airliner sounds a little more like a newsreader or a textbookairliner聽起來比較像是新聞主播或教科書會用的字。Though actually不過事實上, the liner piece is the same idea as an ocean linerliner這部分的概念跟遠洋郵輪ocean liner是一樣的: a large vehicle on a regular line指的是走固定航線的大型交通工具, not a lining inside a coat不是外套裡的襯裡lining, and而 not a person who draws lines也不是畫線的人。