inflight

IPA/ˈɪn.flaɪt/
KK[ˈɪnflˌaɪt]IPA/ˈɪn.flaɪt/

inflight — 形容詞

  • inflightpositive
  • more inflightcomparative
  • most inflightsuperlative

1. relating to the services, meals, entertainment, or other things that are offered

1.形容詞B1
釋義

機上

飛行期間提供的

relating to the services, meals, entertainment, or other things that are offered to passengers inside an aeroplane while it is travelling to its destination.

例句

The inflight entertainment system offered over two hundred movies to choose from.

機上娛樂系統提供了兩百多部電影可供選擇。

inflight entertainment — most common collocation

Vikram ordered the vegetarian inflight meal when he booked his ticket to Osaka.

Vikram 在訂購往大阪的機票時預訂了素食機上餐點。

同義詞
  • onboard

    broader — can also apply to ships, trains, and other vehicles

  • in-flight

    same meaning; hyphenated spelling is more traditional but less common in modern airline branding

反義詞
  • pre-flight

    describes things that happen before a plane takes off

文法句型

inflight + noun

用法筆記

Always placed directly before a noun — you can say 'inflight entertainment' but not 'the entertainment was inflight' (see sense 2 for the predicative use).

常見錯誤

❌I had a comfortable inflight.
✅I had a comfortable flight.
💡'Inflight' is an adjective, not a noun; do not use it alone as a short form of 'flight.'

2. in the air between takeoff and landing, used to describe the state or position o

2.形容詞B1
釋義

飛行中

飛機在空中期間

in the air between takeoff and landing, used to describe the state or position of an aircraft during a journey.

例句

The Boeing 777 remained inflight for sixteen hours on the route from Singapore to New York.

這架波音 777 在從新加坡飛往紐約的航線上持續飛行十六小時。

remain + inflight + duration

Kenji checked the flight map to see how long they had been inflight.

Kenji 查看飛行地圖，想知道他們已經在空中飛了多久。

同義詞
  • airborne

    more technical; standard in aviation and military communication

反義詞

文法句型

be + inflight

remain + inflight

用法筆記

This sense follows a linking verb (be inflight, remain inflight, stay inflight) and describes the aircraft's state. It does not go before a noun — for that position, see sense 1.

常見錯誤

❌The inflight plane had engine trouble.
✅The plane had engine trouble inflight.
💡When describing something that happens while airborne, place inflight after the verb, not before the noun.