a rod, wire, or other structure by which signals are transmitted or received as part of a radio or television transmission or receiving system 天线
(aerials)a type of freestyle skiing in which the skier jumps from a ramp and carries out manoeuvres in the air 空中技巧滑雪
adjective
[attrib.]existing, happening, or operating in the air 在空中(存在、发生或进行)的 an aerial battle. 空战。 an intrepid aerial adventurer. 无畏的空中冒险者。 ■coming or carried out from the air, especially using aircraft (尤指用飞机)来自空中的,在空中进行的 aerial bombardment of civilian targets. 对民用目标的空中轰炸。 aerial photography. 航空摄影。 ■(of a part of a plant) growing above ground (植物的某部分)气生的 ■(of a bird) spending much of its time in flight (鸟)长时飞翔的,在空中翱翔的 ■of or in the atmosphere; atmospheric (在)大气(中)的 ■(figurative)insubstantial and hard to grasp or define (喻)空气般的,虚无缥缈的,虚幻的
派生 aeriality noun aerially adverb 语源
late 16th cent. (in the sense 'thin as air, imaginary'): via Latin aerius from Greek aerios (from aēr 'air') + -al