airlift

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈɛə.lɪft/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The transportation of troops, civilians or supplies by air, especially in an emergency.
  2. Such a flight.
  3. A pipe that is used to suck up objects from the sea bed.
动词 v.
  1. To transport (troops etc) in an airlift. transitive
    — The mountaineer who fell down a crevasse had to be airlifted out.

词形变化

airlifts plural airlifts present,singular,third-person airlifting participle,present airlifted participle,past airlifted past

词汇关系

衍生词
non-forecast airlift

词源

词源 1
From air + lift; compare sealift.
词源 2
From air + lift; compare sealift.
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