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A long-haul flight is one that covers a very long distance — usually many hours, often between continents. to New York or London is long-haul; to Tokyo or Hong Kong is not (that is short-haul, or a shorter regional flight).
A long-haul flight long-haul flight is one that covers a very long distance指的是航程非常長的班機——usually many hours, often between continents通常要飛好幾個小時,常常是跨洲的。Taipei to New York or London台北飛紐約或倫敦 is long-haul算long-haul;Taipei to Tokyo or Hong Kong台北飛東京或香港 is not不算(that is short-haul, or a shorter regional flight那叫short-haul,比較短程的區域航班)
Airlines, airports, and travel ads use this pair all the time: long-haul / short-haul. You also hear it about trucks and cargo that travel far.
Airlines, airports, and travel ads航空公司、機場、旅遊廣告 use this pair all the time一天到晚都在用這組詞:long-haul / short-haul。You also hear it about trucks and cargo that travel far卡車和長途貨運也會用這個字
Here haul means the length of the trip, not “pulling a bag.” There is another English phrase, in the long haul, meaning “over a long period of years,” but that is a different use; this sense is about distance.
Here這裡 haul means the length of the trip haul指的是路程的長度,not "pulling a bag."不是「拖行李」的意思。There is another English phrase, in the long haul另外還有一個片語in the long haul,meaning "over a long period of years,"意思是「長期而言」,but that is a different use不過那是不同的用法;this sense is about distance這裡這個意思是講距離
In speech it is everyday in travel talk, not fancy.
In speech在口語裡 it它 is everyday in travel talk是旅遊話題裡很平常的字,not fancy不是什麼高級用語
組成long + haul (here, a distance you travel).
同家族的字
- short-haulthe opposite: a flight or trip over a short distance
- haulin this compound it means a distance of travel, not pulling something
原始詞典資料3 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。
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。