airship

/ˈeəʃɪp/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈerʃɪp/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈer-ˌship/ (ame, mw)

airship — noun

  • airshipsingular
  • airshipsplural

1. A very large flying vehicle with a long balloon-like body filled with a light ga

1.名詞B1
釋義

A very large flying vehicle with a long balloon-like body filled with a light gas, powered by engines, and used mainly in the past for carrying people or goods.

例句

Nina watched a film showing a large airship drifting slowly across the sky at dusk.

showing a large airship drifting slowly

Javier visited a museum where the history of airship travel is explained with old photographs.

the history of airship travel

同義詞
  • blimp

    A blimp is a smaller, non-rigid airship with no internal metal frame; all blimps are airships, but not all airships are blimps.

  • zeppelin

    A zeppelin is a specific type of rigid airship with a metal frame, named after the German inventor Count von Zeppelin.

用法筆記

Airship travel was most common in the early 20th century and declined after several well-known accidents.

常見錯誤

❌We flew by airship to Paris on a 747.
✅We flew by airship to Paris on the Graf Zeppelin.
💡Airships are non-rigid or semi-rigid lighter-than-air craft, not jet airliners.