airlift

英 [ˈeəlɪft]

美 [ˈerlɪft]

n.  空运; 空投
v.  空运，空投(人员或物资)

过去分词：airlifted　复数：airlifts　过去式：airlifted　现在分词：airlifting　第三人称单数：airlifts　

TEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.22281 / COCA.19353

牛津词典

noun

• 空运；空投
  an operation to take people, soldiers, food, etc. to or from an area by plane, especially in an emergency or when roads are closed or dangerous

verb

• 空运，空投（人员或物资）
  to take sb/sth to or from an area by plane, especially in an emergency or when roads are closed or dangerous
  1. Two casualties were airlifted to safety .
     两名伤亡人员已空运到安全地区。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （尤指战争期间或陆上交通中断时的）空运
  Anairliftis an operation to move people, troops, or goods by air, especially in a war or when land routes are closed.
  1. President Garcia has ordered an airlift of food, medicines and blankets.
     加西亚总统已经下令空运食品、药物和毛毯。
• VERB 空运
  If people, troops, or goodsare airliftedsomewhere, they are carried by air, especially in a war or when land routes are closed.
  1. The injured were airlifted to hospital in Prestwick...
     伤者被空运送往普雷斯特维克的医院。
  2. Other nationalities, such as Pakistanis, were being airlifted out by their governments...
     其他国家的人，例如巴基斯坦人，正由本国政府空运出境。
  3. The government is trying to replenish supplies by airlifting food.
     政府正试图通过空投食品补充供应。

英英释义

noun

• transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
  Synonym:lift

verb

• fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
  1. Food is airlifted into Bosnia
  Synonym:lift

双语例句

• These included the Marshall Plan and the Berlin Airlift, as we discussed in our last two programs.
  这包括了马歇尔计划以及我们上期节目中谈到的柏林空运计划。
• Study on Hydrodynamics and Mass Transfer in an Inner-loop Airlift Reactor
  内循环气升式反应器内流体力学行为与传质性能的研究
• Now he has told the State Department to start the airlift immediately without reimbursement from the United Nations.
  现在，他对美国国务院说，美国将在不需要联合国偿还有关费用的情况下立即开始向达尔富尔空运物资。
• We had the capacity to expand the scale of the airlift to match any Soviet escalation.
  我们有能力扩大空运的规模，同苏联的任何升级行动相匹敌。
• President Garcia has ordered an airlift of food, medicines and blankets.
  加西亚总统已经下令空运食品、药物和毛毯。
• The Soviet jumped in on Wednesday, much more massively than we, with airlift.
  苏联在星期三投入雪运活动，规模比我们大得多。
• The government is trying to replenish supplies by airlifting food.
  政府正试图通过空投食品补充供应。
• Loss of this regional airlift capability hinders rapid response to natural disasters, forest fires, and other homeland security emergencies.
  这些区域性空运能力的损失妨碍了对于自然灾害，森林火灾和其他本国紧急安全事务的快速反应。
• The United States is making preparations for a large-scale airlift of 1,200 American citizens
  美国正在为运送1,200名美国公民的大规模空运做准备。
• Other nationalities, such as Pakistanis, were being airlifted out by their governments
  其他国家的人，例如巴基斯坦人，正由本国政府空运出境。