drome
drome — 名詞
- dromesingular
- dromesplural
1. a place where aircraft land and take off, with buildings for passengers and staf
小型機場
飛機起降場地；aerodrome的簡稱
a place where aircraft land and take off, with buildings for passengers and staff; a shortened form of 'aerodrome'
The old drome outside Nairobi still handles cargo flights twice a week.
奈洛比郊外那座老舊機場，現在每週仍有兩班貨運航班起降。
collocation: old drome
Aarav's grandfather helped build the first drome in Mumbai back in 1932.
Aarav 的祖父在一九三二年協助建造了孟買的第一座飛行場。
The pilot circled the drome twice before getting clearance to land.
飛行員在獲准降落之前，在機場上空盤旋了兩圈。
Sade watched the small plane disappear behind the drome's main hangar.
Sade 看著那架小飛機消失在機場主機棚後方。
The town council turned the abandoned drome into a Sunday market and picnic area.
鎮議會把廢棄的飛行場改造成了假日市集和野餐區。
用法筆記
This is an old-fashioned British shortening of 'aerodrome.' In modern English, most people use 'airfield' or 'airport' instead.