layover

/ˈleɪəʊvə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · [lˈeˌovɚ] /ˈleɪəʊvər/ (ame, ipa) · [lˈeˌovɚ] /ˈlā-ˌō-vər/ (ame, mw)

layover — noun

  • layoversingular
  • layoversplural

1. the time a traveller spends waiting at an airport, station, or city when changin

1.名詞B2
釋義

the time a traveller spends waiting at an airport, station, or city when changing from one flight or service to another on a longer trip

例句

Nkechi had a six-hour layover in Doha before her connecting flight to Lagos.

common pattern: a [duration] layover in [city]

During the layover in Frankfurt, Tomás bought coffee and watched the planes land.

during the layover for the in-between time frame

同義詞
  • stopover

    British equivalent; same meaning, more common outside North America

  • connection

    focuses on the transfer between flights, not the waiting time itself

  • transit

    more formal; often used in airport signage ('transit passengers')

反義詞
  • direct flight

    a journey with no intermediate stops

  • nonstop

    describes flights that go straight from origin to destination

文法句型

a layover in [place]

have a layover

during the layover

用法筆記

Mainly American English; British speakers usually say 'stopover'. The word almost always refers to air travel, though it can also describe breaks in long bus or train journeys.

常見錯誤

❌I had a layover at the hotel before driving home.
✅I stopped at the hotel before driving home.
💡'layover' is for breaks during a multi-leg trip, usually flights; a single overnight stop on a drive is just a 'stop' or 'overnight stay'.
❌My layover from Tokyo to Paris was direct.
✅My flight from Tokyo to Paris was direct.
💡a 'direct' flight has no layover by definition.