jumbo jet

IPA/ˌdʒʌm.bəʊ ˈdʒet/
IPA/ˌdʒʌm.boʊ ˈdʒet/

jumbo jet — 名詞

1. a huge passenger jet, such as the Boeing 747, that carries hundreds of people on

1.名詞B1
釋義

巨無霸客機

可載運大量乘客的大型噴射飛機

a huge passenger jet, such as the Boeing 747, that carries hundreds of people on long flights

例句

Tara watched the jumbo jet climb slowly into the grey morning sky.

Tara 看著巨無霸客機緩緩爬升至灰濛濛的晨空中。

The jumbo jet from Tokyo landed smoothly on the long runway.

從東京飛來的巨無霸客機平穩地降落在長長的跑道上。

jumbo jet + from [city]

同義詞
  • wide-body airliner

    more technical; jumbo jet is informal

  • Boeing 747

    specific model; jumbo jet can refer to any very large passenger jet

  • 747

    shortened form for the Boeing 747 specifically

反義詞

用法筆記

Often used to refer specifically to the Boeing 747, the aircraft that made the term popular in the late 1960s.

常見錯誤

We flew on a jumbojet from Hong Kong to London.
We flew on a jumbo jet from Hong Kong to London.
💡'jumbo jet' is written as two separate words, not one.