aerial

aerial
[ˈɛːrɪəl]
noun
  1. 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
  2. (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
  1. [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
  1. late 16th cent. (in the sense 'thin as air, imaginary'): via Latin aerius from Greek aerios (from aēr 'air') + -al
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