A seaplane is a plane that can take off from water and land on water — a lake, a river, or the sea — instead of a normal runway. It still flies in the air like any other plane; the special part is the take-off and landing.

A seaplaneSeaplane is a plane that can take off from water and land on water是可以從水面起飛、降落在水面的飛機 a lake, a river, or the sea湖泊、河流，或海 instead of a normal runway而不用一般跑道 It still flies in the air like any other plane它在空中飛的方式跟其他飛機一樣 the special part is the take-off and landing特別的地方在於起飛和降落

Some have floats under the body, like fat skis; some have a body shaped like a boat.

Some have floats under the body有些機身下裝著浮筒 like fat skis像胖胖的滑雪板 some have a body shaped like a boat有些機身則是船形的

People use them where there is a lot of water and few airports: islands, wild lakes, a coast with no long strip of land. You will not see one at a big city airport every day.

People use them人們使用它們 where there is a lot of water and few airports在水多、機場少的地方 islands, wild lakes, a coast with no long strip of land島嶼、荒野湖泊，或是沒有長條陸地的海岸 You will not see one你不會看到一架 at a big city airport在大城市機場 every day每天

The word is just sea + plane. People say Winston Churchill may have coined it, which is a nice story if true, but the meaning does not depend on that.

The word is just這個字就是 sea + planesea 加上 plane People say有人說 Winston Churchill may have coined it是邱吉爾創造了這個字 which is a nice story if true如果是真的，是個不錯的故事 but the meaning does not depend on that但這個字的意思並不依賴這件事是否為真

Do not stretch it to mean any plane that merely flies over the sea — that is still an ordinary plane.

Do not stretch it to mean不要把它延伸成 any plane that merely flies over the sea任何只是飛越海面的飛機 that is still an ordinary plane那仍然只是一般的飛機