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Luftwaffe is a German name that English borrowed for an air force. In English, 'the Luftwaffe' almost always means Germany's air force in the Second World War — the planes and the people who flew them for Nazi Germany.
Luftwaffe Luftwaffe is是 a German name一個德文名字 that English borrowed for an air force英文借來指空軍。 In English在英文裡, 'the Luftwaffe'「the Luftwaffe」 almost always means幾乎都是指 Germany's air force in the Second World War二戰時的德國空軍 — the planes and the people who flew them for Nazi Germany也就是那些飛機和替納粹德國開飛機的人。
History books, films, and games use it that way, and it feels serious, not .
History books, films, and games use it that way歷史書、電影和遊戲都是這樣用, and it feels serious, not jokey感覺很嚴肅，不是開玩笑的。
Though actually, the tidy dictionary line 'World Wars I and II' is a bit too tidy: in the First World War Germany's air force had a different name. The Luftwaffe as this name belongs especially to the 1930s and 1940s.
Though actually不過實際上, the tidy dictionary line 'World Wars I and II' is a bit too tidy字典上「一戰和二戰都用」這種說法有點太整齊了: in the First World War Germany's air force had a different name一戰時德國空軍用的是另一個名字。 The Luftwaffe as this name belongs especially to the 1930s and 1940s Luftwaffe 這個名字特別屬於一九三〇和四〇年代。
After the war the name came back in West Germany, and today's German air force is still Luftwaffe in German. In English, if you say only 'the Luftwaffe' with no extra words, people will still hear the war years, above all 1939 to 1945.
After the war the name came back in West Germany戰後這個名字在西德又用了回來, and today's German air force is still Luftwaffe in German今天德國空軍在德文裡仍然叫 Luftwaffe。 In English在英文裡, if you say only 'the Luftwaffe' with no extra words如果你只說「the Luftwaffe」不加別的字, people will still hear the war years人們聽到的還是會是那段戰爭歲月, above all 1939 to 1945尤其是一九三九到一九四五年。
組成Borrowed whole from German Luftwaffe, literally 'air-weapon' (Luft 'air' + Waffe 'weapon').
同家族的字
- Lufthansaboth names begin with German Luft, 'air'
原始詞典資料1 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。
Luftwaffename/ˈlʊftvafə/
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governmentmilitarypoliticsThe German air force, especially during the Second World War.
- Politicians insist that lockdown under coronavirus is like the experience of wartime. It’s not – except in one way, which I’ll come to. It’s so quiet, for one thing. War is noisy. Sirens, soldiers tramping past singing, Luftwaffe engines in the night sky.
- Owing to its location at the entrance to the River Tyne, South Shields was of strategic importance in the Second World War, especially to the merchant navy, and the town was heavily hit by a Luftwaffe strike in October 1941.
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。