subsonic

IPA/ˌsʌbˈsɒnɪk/
IPA/ˌsʌbˈsɑːnɪk/

subsonic — 形容詞

  • subsonicpositive
  • more subsoniccomparative
  • most subsonicsuperlative

1. traveling at a speed below the speed at which sound moves through the air — roug

1.形容詞B2
釋義

次音速的

速度低於音速的

traveling at a speed below the speed at which sound moves through the air — roughly 1,235 km/h or 767 mph at sea level; designed or used for such speeds.

例句

The Boeing 777 flies at subsonic speeds, making it quieter inside than a supersonic jet.

波音 777 以次音速飛行,機艙內比超音速噴射機安靜。

collocation: subsonic speeds

Engineers at Aylin's company are testing a new subsonic drone for package delivery.

Aylin 公司的工程師正在測試一款用於快遞配送的新型次音速無人機。

subsonic + noun describing aircraft

常見搭配
  • subsonic speed
  • subsonic flight
  • subsonic aircraft
  • subsonic jet
  • subsonic air
  • subsonic airflow
  • subsonic missile
  • subsonic bullet
反義詞
  • supersonic

    traveling at a speed faster than the speed of sound

  • hypersonic

    traveling at speeds five or more times the speed of sound

文法句型

subsonic + noun

用法筆記

Commonly describes aircraft, flight, airflow, and projectiles. Contrasts directly with supersonic (faster than sound) and hypersonic (many times faster than sound).

常見錯誤

The subsonic plane broke the sound barrier.
The supersonic plane broke the sound barrier.
only craft traveling faster than sound can break it; subsonic means below the speed of sound.
I could not hear the subsonic music.
I could not hear the infrasonic sound.
subsonic refers to speed below sound, not to frequency below human hearing; the correct term for very low frequencies is infrasonic.

同根字

  • subsonically
    副詞C1

常見搭配

常用片語

  • at subsonic speed
  • subsonic vs supersonic
  • subsonic flight mode