/'eəbɔ:n; `ɛr,bɔrn/
adj
(a) [attrib 作定语] transported by the air 空运的; 空中传播的; 空气传播的; 风媒的
*airborne seeds 空气传播的种子.
(b) [pred 作表语] (of aircraft) in the air after taking off （指飞行器）起飞後在飞行中
*Smoking is forbidden until the plane is airborne. 飞机升空时禁止吸烟.
(c) [attrib 作定语] (of troops) specially trained for operations using aircraft （指部队）受过空战训练的
*an airborne division 空降师.

adj
a plane that is airborne is in the air
airborne soldiers are trained to fight in areas that they get to by jumping out of a plane
carried through the air
　airborne pollutants