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单词 air drop
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air drop
noun[C]
uk
/ˈeə ˌdrɒp/us
/ˈer ˌdrɑːp/
theactofbringingsuppliesorequipmentbydroppingthem fromaircraft:
空投
UNplaneshave madeairdropsto 300 flood-hitvillages.联合国飞机已向遭受洪灾的300个村庄空投了救援物资。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Delivering and despatching
  • air bridge
  • air corridor
  • air-dash
  • box scheme
  • consign
  • courier
  • dispatch
  • drop off
  • mail
  • misaddress
  • misdirect
  • misdirection
  • misroute
  • sendsomethingoff
  • sendsomethingon
  • sendsomethingout
  • ship
  • shipment
  • shoot
  • truck
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air-drop
verb[T]
uk
/ˈeə ˌdrɒp/us
/ˈer ˌdrɑːp/
tobringsuppliesorequipmentsomewherebydroppingthem fromaircraft:
空投
Theroadsbecameblockedin theearthquake, but there is aplanto air-dropaidpackages.道路因地震阻断，但有计划将空投援助包。
Supplies are air-dropped to theremotemountaincamp.物资被空投到偏远的山区营地。
More examples
  • Because of thestorm, anattemptto air-drop theemergencysuppliesfailed.
  • Food,water, and othersupplieswill be air-dropped intoareasdevastatedby themudslides.
  • Ahelicopterattemptedto air-dropflyersover thecitytoadvertisetheconcert.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Delivering and despatching
  • air bridge
  • air corridor
  • air-dash
  • box scheme
  • consign
  • courier
  • dispatch
  • drop off
  • mail
  • misaddress
  • misdirect
  • misdirection
  • misroute
  • sendsomethingoff
  • sendsomethingon
  • sendsomethingout
  • ship
  • shipment
  • shoot
  • truck
See more results »

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Emergency services in general
(Definition ofair dropfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofair drop

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Air lifts are what are needed, not air drops.
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Air dropping into an area with a large number of people in an insalubrious camp could cause a riot and deaths.
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This may result in the air dropping below freezing, causing water vapor contained in the air to first change state from a gas to a liquid, which then becomes ice.
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No requests were made from the hospital except for extra drugs which were supplied byairdrop.
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There is such a thing as theairdrop, and we have been foremost in the field in regard to air supply.
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We are the nation which started theairdrop, and we have more experience of it than anybody else.
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This has been discussed with an eye both to an airlift orairdropand to a land corridor.
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Next, there is the question of theairdrop, if the roads become impassable.
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Of course, we also considered the prospect of anairdropof supplies, but that also has great logistical difficulties, and we were not advised to proceed with that course.
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Theairdropwas advanced.
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I believe it is a significant unit in the sense that it is capable of operating independently, relying entirely onairdrop, and can be dropped almost anywhere.
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Bravo regularly received food, water, fuel, and ammunition viaairdrop.
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It is intended for various missions such as aerial photography, cinematography, surveying, advertisement, communication relay andairdropof emergency medication during disaster relief.
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Variants were constructed both with no propulsion system and monopropellant engines forairdroptesting.
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The enemy carried out anairdropof about ten tons of stores.
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