jumbo jet
jumbo jet — noun
1. a huge passenger jet, such as the Boeing 747, that carries hundreds of people on
a huge passenger jet, such as the Boeing 747, that carries hundreds of people on long flights
Tara watched the jumbo jet climb slowly into the grey morning sky.
The jumbo jet from Tokyo landed smoothly on the long runway.
jumbo jet + from [city]
A single jumbo jet can carry more than four hundred people across the ocean.
Dewi felt nervous and excited as she stepped onto the huge jumbo jet.
Nicholas snapped a photo of the jumbo jet parked at the terminal gate.
- wide-body airliner
more technical; jumbo jet is informal
- Boeing 747
specific model; jumbo jet can refer to any very large passenger jet
- 747
shortened form for the Boeing 747 specifically
- light aircraft
a small plane that carries only a few people
用法筆記
Often used to refer specifically to the Boeing 747, the aircraft that made the term popular in the late 1960s.