hovercraft
美音:
[´hʌvək´ræft
]英音:
[´hʌvək´ræft
]n.水翼船,气垫船
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hovercraft为短语/超纲词汇
hovercraft
n (pl unchanged 复数不变) vehicle that is capable of moving over land or water while supported on a cushion of air made by jet engines 气垫飞行器, 悬浮运载工具(藉喷气发动机所产生的气垫支持, 可在陆地或水面的上方运行); 气垫船; 悬浮车.
hovercraft
npluralhovercraftorhovercrafts[C]a vehicle that travels just above the surface of land or water, travelling on a strong current of air that the engines produce beneath it
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1. The hovercraft travelled first over the water, then mounted the beach, climbed up the dunes, and sat down on a road. 气垫船先是在水面上行驶,后又登上海岸,爬上沙丘,最后停在路上。
2. 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。
3. Giant hovercraft liners could span the Atlantic; 大型的气垫班轮或许能跨越大西洋。
4. 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。
5. The strangest of them being perhaps the hovercraft. 其中最新奇的要数气垫船了。
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