A gunship is a military aircraft whose main job is to shoot, not to ferry people from place to place. In learner dictionaries, and in a lot of news about wars since the late twentieth century, that usually means a helicopter heavy with guns, cannons, or rockets.

A gunship is a military aircraftgunship是一種軍用飛機 whose main job is to shoot主要任務是開火 not to ferry people from place to place不是載人往返 In learner dictionaries, and in a lot of news about wars since the late twentieth century在學習型字典裡，以及二十世紀後期以來很多戰爭新聞裡 that usually means a helicopter heavy with guns, cannons, or rockets這通常是指裝滿機槍、機砲或火箭的直升機

It flies over a fight to protect other helicopters — ones that are landing soldiers or picking up the wounded — and to destroy enemy guns and vehicles on the ground.

It flies over a fight它飛在戰場上空 to protect other helicopters保護其他直升機 — ones that are landing soldiers or picking up the wounded ——也就是正在讓士兵下機或載走傷兵的那些直升機—— and to destroy enemy guns and vehicles on the ground並摧毀地面上敵方的火砲和車輛

It is a forces and news word. Though actually, crews also call some fixed-wing planes gunships, especially slow, heavily armed ones that circle a target; the ship in the name is the old idea of a gun-platform, like a warship in the air, not a boat.

It is a forces and news word這是個軍事和新聞用語 Though actually, crews also call some fixed-wing planes gunships不過實際上，機組人員也把某些定翼機叫做gunship especially slow, heavily armed ones that circle a target尤其是那種飛得慢、武裝重、繞著目標盤旋的飛機 the ship in the name is the old idea of a gun-platform名字裡的ship其實是「武裝平台」的舊概念 like a warship in the air就像空中的軍艦 not a boat不是船