专四词汇辨析题 词汇精选：aircraft的用法和辨析

词汇精选：aircraft的用法和辨析  

一、详细释义：,n.,飞行器，飞机,例句：,Ships can't rival aircraft for speed.,船的速度不能跟飞机比。,例句：,Only experienced pilots fly large passenger aircraft.,只有有经验的飞行员才能驾驶大型客机。,航空器,例句：,The Air Force maintains many kinds of aircraft.,空军装备了许多种航空器。,二、词义辨析：,aeroplane,airplane,aircraft,plane,jet,helicopter,这些名词均有“飞机”之意。aeroplane和airplane专指普通飞机，不包括helicopter(直升飞机)。aeroplane为英国英语的拼法。airplane为美国英语的用词。aircraft常用作集体名词，也可指一架飞机，其含义包括直升飞机和飞艇等。plane本义为“平面”，在航空专业里通常用aeroplane。plane较通俗用词。jet指喷气式飞机，也用jet plane。helicopter指直升飞机。,三、相关短语：,aircraft carrier,n.航空母舰,aircraft engine,航空发动机,amphibious aircraft,水陆两用飞机,attack aircraft,强击机,fighter aircraft,战斗机,radio-controlled aircraft,无线电控制的飞机,pilotless aircraft,n. 无人驾驶飞机,四、参考例句：,The aircraft dived steeply.,那架飞机垂直俯冲。,Supersonic aircraft will not make all subsonic aircraft obsolete.,超音速飞机不会使所有亚音速飞机都淘汰。,Our aircraft arrived on schedule.,我们搭乘的航班准点到达。,The new aircraft is undergoing safety tests.,这种新飞机正在接受安全性能检验。,This aircraft works by jet propulsion.,这架飞机是喷气推进的。,All aircraft must fuel before flight.,所有飞机飞行前都必须加油。,The aircraft was flying above thick fog.,飞机在浓雾上空飞行。,The aircraft carrier cruised in the Mediterranean.,那艘航空母舰在地中海巡航。,Enemy aircraft dropped bombs on the city,敌机向这个城市投掷炸弹。,The aircraft makes its maiden flight tomorrow.,这架飞机明天首航。