aircraft及其同类词用法解析

aircraft名词，飞机;航空器等。

常作集合名词，也指一架飞机或飞行器，单复数同形，含义广泛，可指直升机、飞艇等。指有发动机或没有发动机的任何种类的飞行器。包括一般飞机、直升机、飞艇、火箭、气球等。用作主语时，谓语动词一般按所指实际数量选用单数形式或复数形式。aircraft在句中也常用作定语。aeroplane ，airplane， plane这些名词均有“飞机”之意。

fighter/transport/military aircraft

战斗机；运输机；军用飞机

The aircraft overshot the runway.

飞机冲出了跑道。

The aircraft and its crew were posted missing.

据报这架飞机和机组人员已失踪。

The use of cellular phones is not permitted on most aircraft.

大多数飞机上不许使用手机。

Even by present-day standards these were large aircraft.

即使按照现在的标准，这些飞机也挺大的。

Even quite small aircraft occupy a lot of space

哪怕很小的飞机也要占很大的空间。

The aircraft is designed to withstand turbulent conditions.

这架飞机是为经受猛烈的气流而设计的。

The aircraft was flying in a northerly direction.

飞机正向北飞去。

Their aircraft went down during a training exercise.

他们的飞机在一次训练中坠毁。

He had returned to England in an aircraft carrier no less

他竟然坐航空母舰回的英格兰。

The aircraft carrier has been docked there since last month.

自上个月以来那艘航空母舰就一直停靠在那儿。

an aircraft carrier航空母舰

Aircraft passed overhead with monotonous regularity.

飞机一次又一次反复从头顶飞过。

(零冠词表示泛指)

The aeroplane will travel at twice the speed of sound.

这架飞机的速度将是音速的两倍。

The oldest of the aircraft were scrapped.

最老的飞机报废了。

Tomorrow he would tell his pilot to get the aircraft ready

明天他会告诉他的飞行员准备好飞机。

Since its inception the company has produced 53 different aircraft designs.

该公司自成立以来已经完成了53种不同样式飞行器的设计。（作定语）

Wave after wave of aircraft passed overhead.

一批又一批飞机从上空掠过。

The airlines still have 2,500 new aeroplanes on order.

这家航空公司尚有2,500架新飞机在订购中。

Airplanes enable people to travel through the air.

飞机使人们能够在空中旅行。

Fancy! She’s never been in a plane before.

真想不到！她竟然从未坐过飞机。