This card explains the two main meanings of the word "aerial": 1. As an adjective, referring to something "from a plane" or "in the air," as in "aerial bombardment" or "aerial photograph." 2. As a noun (British English), meaning an "antenna" used for receiving radio or television signals.
[ADJ 形容词]航空的;飞机的;由飞机进行的;空中的 You talk about aerial attacks and aerial photographs to indicate that people or things on the ground are attacked or photographed by people in aeroplanes.
[ADJ n]
Weeks of aerial bombardment had destroyed factories and highways...
数周的空中轰炸已经摧毁了许多工厂和公路。
Patterns that are invisible on the ground can be the most striking part of an aerial photograph...
地面上看不出来的图案可能会成为航拍照片中最引人注目的东西。
The film begins with an aerial view of the Great Basin of Nevada.
影片以空中鸟瞰内华达大盆地的镜头开始。
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[ADJ 形容词]空气中的;地表以上的 You can use aerial to describe things that exist or happen above the ground or in the air.
[ADJ n]
The seagulls swirled in aerial combat over the barges.
海鸥盘旋在驳船上方,展开空中的搏斗。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]天线 An aerial is a device or a piece of wire that receives television or radio signals and is usually attached to a radio, television, car, or building.
[BRIT 英]
...a saucer-shaped satellite television aerial.
碟状的卫星电视天线
...the radio aerials of taxis and cars.
出租车和轿车的无线电天线
in AM, use 美国英语用 antenna
Oxford
aer·ial/ˈeəriəl; NAmEˈeriəl/
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aerialaerialsnoun( BrE) (alsoan·tennaNAmE,BrE)a piece of equipment made of wire or long straight pieces of metal for receiving or sending radio and television signals 天线adjective1from a plane 从飞机上的◆aerial attacks/bombardment/photography空中攻击╱轰炸╱摄影◆an aerial view of Palm Island棕榈岛鸟瞰图2in the air; existing above the ground 空中的;空气中的;地表以上的◆The banyan tree has aerial roots.榕树有气根。aer·ial/ˈeəriəl; NAmEˈeriəl/
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aerial1 adjective
aerial2 noun
aerialaer‧i‧al1 /ˈeəriəl $ ˈer-/ ●○○ adjective [only before noun]
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1from a plane: an aerial attack aerial photographs an aerial view of the Three Gorges Dam project2in or moving through the air
aerial1 adjective
aerial2 noun
aerialaerial2 noun [countable]
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1a piece of equipment for receiving or sending radio or television signals, usually consisting of a piece of metal or wireSYN antenna American English2aerials a sport in which someone goes down a mountain on skis and performs complicated jumps and turns in the air
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天线(52%),空中的(18%),空气的(13%),航空的(10%),空想的(7%)
n.[电讯] 天线
adj.空中的,航空的;空气的;空想的
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