airline 航空公司 — 中文意思、英文定義、例句

1.名詞A2

釋義

航空公司

定期載客或運貨的飛機運輸公司

a company that owns and operates aircraft to carry passengers or goods on a regular schedule between cities or countries

例句

Iris works for a large airline that flies between Europe and Asia.

Iris 在一家大型航空公司工作，飛歐洲和亞洲航線。

relative clause specifying routes served by employer

The airline offered Linh a free ticket after her flight was delayed.

這家航空公司送了一張免費機票給 Linh，因為她的班機延誤了。

offered [someone] [compensation] after [event]

同義詞

carrier
shorter, more formal term often used in business contexts ('a major European carrier')
aviation company
broader term that may also cover aircraft manufacturing or charter services
flag carrier
specifically refers to a nationally-owned or designated airline of a country ('Japan's flag carrier, Japan Airlines')

Often used attributively (before another noun) to describe things related to air travel, e.g. airline ticket, airline pilot, airline industry.

❌I took an airline to Tokyo.

✅I took an airline flight to Tokyo.' or 'I flew to Tokyo.

💡'airline' is the company, not the aircraft itself.

❌The aeroplane landed at the airline.

✅The aeroplane landed at the airport.

💡'airline' refers to the business, not the physical location.

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