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

• This is the first time I see a hovercraft.
  这是我第一次看见气垫船。
• I ask my friend what is hovercraft, and then they show me its picture.
  我问朋友什么是气垫船，然后他们给我看了它的照片。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The basic concepts and principles derived on this base can be used directly to optimized design of hovercraft resistance, stability and sea keeping quality.
  由此导出的一些基本概念和判据可直接应用于气垫船阻力、稳性和耐波性的优化设计。
• Since that time, various types of hovercraft have appeared and taken up regular service.
  从那以后，各种各样的气垫船出现了，并开始了定期航行服务。
• The twins hadn't seen a hovercraft before, had they?
  这对双胞胎以前没见过气垫船，是吗？
• Jets of compressed air lift the hovercraft off the ground, and flexible skirts around the craft retain the air cushion, and help to keep it stable.
  压缩空气的喷射气流将气垫船浮在地面上，船的四周有柔性围裙来维持气垫并使气垫船稳定。
• Giant hovercraft liners could span the Atlantic;
  大型的气垫班轮或许能跨越大西洋。