hovercraft

英 [ˈhɒvəkrɑːft]

美 [ˈhʌvərkræft]

n.  气垫船; 气垫运载工具

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BNC.27337 / COCA.30629

牛津词典

noun

• 气垫船；气垫运载工具
  a vehicle that travels just above the surface of water or land, held up by air being forced downwards

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 气垫船;气垫运输工具
  Ahovercraftis a vehicle that can travel across land and water. It floats above the land or water on a cushion of air.
  1. Travelling at speeds of up to thirty five knots, these hovercraft can easily outpace most boats...
     这些气垫船行驶速度最高可达35节，能够轻易地超过大多数船只。
  2. The expedition made the journey to its source by hovercraft.
     探险队乘气垫船到达了它的源头。

英英释义

noun

• a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines
  Synonym:ground-effect machine

双语例句

• The hovercraft is particularly useful in large areas with poor communications such as Africa or australia;
  气垫船在非洲、澳大利亚等交通不发达地区特别有用。
• The hovercraft is one of the most interesting forms of transport that have been developed since the war.
  气垫船是战后发展起来的最有意义的交通工具之一。
• Many strange new means of transport have been developed in our century, the strangest of them being perhaps the hovercraft.
  在我们这个世纪内研制了许多新奇的交通工具，其中最奇特的也许就是气垫船了。
• This had a hovercraft like engine and also worked on the magnetic energy fields like the space crafts.
  它有一个象水翼船一样的引擎，工作原理与飞行器一样，也是利用磁能场。
• One can travel to Holland by boat, by hovercraft, or by air.
  你可以乘船、汽垫船或飞机去芬兰。
• You can travel by ferry, hovercraft or hydrofoil.
  你可以乘渡船、气垫船或水翼艇旅行。
• The expedition made the journey to its source by hovercraft.
  探险队乘气垫船到达了它的源头。
• Which one of the following statements is TRUE of the hovercraft?
  下列哪个陈述是关于气垫车的正确描述？
• Do you know what advantage the hovercraft has over the aeroplane?
  你知道气垫船比飞机有哪些优点吗？
• The trapped air that supports a hovercraft a short distance above the water or ground.
  被封存的空气，能将气垫车船托出水面或地面一小段距离。