airway
airway — 名詞
- airwaysingular
- airwaysplural
1. the tube-like channel running from your nose down through the throat, allowing b
呼吸道；氣道
鼻、口至肺部供空氣通行的通道
the tube-like channel running from your nose down through the throat, allowing breath to travel in and back from your lungs
The paramedic tilted Asher's chin up to keep his airway open.
救護人員把 Asher 的下巴往上抬，好讓他的呼吸道保持暢通。
collocation: keep someone's airway open
A small piece of carrot blocked the toddler's airway during dinner.
晚餐時，一小塊紅蘿蔔卡住了幼兒的呼吸道。
collocation: block / clear the airway
Smoke from the kitchen fire irritated Rachel's airway and made her cough.
廚房火災的煙刺激了 Rachel 的呼吸道，讓她咳個不停。
The nurse used a soft tube to clear the baby's airway after birth.
護理師用一條軟管清理嬰兒出生後的呼吸道。
Severe allergies can cause the airway to swell within minutes.
嚴重過敏可能在幾分鐘內就讓氣道腫脹起來。
- respiratory tract
more technical; covers the whole system from nose to lungs
- windpipe
informal for the trachea; only the lower part of the airway
用法筆記
Frequently appears in medical and first-aid contexts with verbs like open, clear, block, secure, and protect.
常見錯誤
2. a fixed path in the sky that planes are told to follow when flying between two p
航路；航線
管制員指定的飛機飛行路徑
a fixed path in the sky that planes are told to follow when flying between two places, set by air traffic controllers
The pilot stayed on the assigned airway until reaching Frankfurt.
機師沿著指定航路飛行，一直到抵達法蘭克福。
collocation: on / off the airway
A summer storm forced the captain to leave the main airway over the Atlantic.
夏季暴風雨迫使機長偏離大西洋上空的主要航路。
Most flights from Tokyo to Seoul share the same busy airway.
大部分從東京飛往首爾的航班都共用同一條繁忙航路。
Air traffic control redirected Layla's plane to a quieter airway.
航空管制把 Layla 的班機改到另一條較空的航路。
Several airways cross the desert between Dubai and Mumbai.
杜拜與孟買之間有好幾條航路穿越沙漠。
- flight path
more general; covers any aircraft route, including landings
- air lane
near-synonym; both name a fixed corridor for planes
- skyway
less technical; mostly journalistic
用法筆記
Subject is usually a plane, pilot, flight, or controller. Distinguish from sense 3 (an airline company): an airway here is a path in the sky, not a business.
3. a company whose business is flying passengers between cities; the word almost al
航空公司
經營客運航班的公司，多用於專有名稱
a company whose business is flying passengers between cities; the word almost always appears as part of an airline's name, such as British Airways
British Airways announced ten new routes from London to East Africa.
英國航空（British Airways）宣布開通十條從倫敦飛往東非的航線。
almost always in proper-noun company names, usually plural
Tanvi books her trips to Sydney with Qantas Airways every winter.
Tanvi 每年冬天都搭澳洲航空（Qantas Airways）前往雪梨。
Pakistan International Airways began flights to Beijing last year.
巴基斯坦國際航空（Pakistan International Airways）去年開始飛北京。
The airway lost three of its planes after the volcano closed the airport.
火山關閉機場後，這家航空公司損失了三架飛機。
- airline
the standard everyday word; use this in conversation
- air carrier
formal industry term for any company that flies passengers or cargo
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 2 (a route in the sky): sense 3 names a business, not a path. In everyday English, learners should normally choose 'airline' instead — 'airway' in this meaning survives mostly in fixed company names.