This entry explains the word "jet" as a noun, referring to "an aircraft powered by jet engines", "a stream of liquid or gas", and "a hard, black, shiny substance", and as a verb, meaning "to travel somewhere by plane".
；喷气式飞机 A jet is an aircraft that is powered by jet engines.
[also by N]
Her private jet landed in the republic on the way to Japan...
她的私人喷气式飞机在前往日本的途中降落在该共和国境内。
He had arrived from Jersey by jet.
他乘喷气式飞机从泽西飞来。
...America's first jet aircraft.
美国第一架喷气式飞机
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[VERB 动词]乘坐喷气式飞机飞行 If you jet somewhere, you travel there in a fast plane.
[V adv/prep]
He and his wife, Val, will be jetting off on a two-week holiday in America...
他和妻子瓦尔将乘喷气式飞机飞往美国度假两周。
They spend a great deal of time jetting around the world.
他们花了很多时间乘喷气式飞机周游世界。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]（液体或气体的）喷射流 A jet of liquid or gas is a strong, fast, thin stream of it.
[oft N of n]
A jet of water poured through the windows.
一股水流从窗口喷涌而入。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]煤玉；黑玉；黑色大理石Jet is a hard black stone that is used in jewellery.
Oxford
jet/dʒet; NAmEdʒet/
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jetjetsjettedjettingnoun1[countable ]a plane driven by jet engines喷气式飞机◆a jet aircraft/fighter/airliner喷气式飞机╱战斗机╱客机◆The accident happened as the jet was about to take off.事故是在喷气式飞机正要起飞时发生的。☞see also
jumbo (jet)
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jump jet
2[countable ]a strong narrow stream of gas, liquid, steam or flame that comes very quickly out of a small opening. The opening is also called a jet.喷射流；喷射口；喷嘴◆The pipe burst and jets of water shot across the room.管子爆裂，一股股水从屋子这头喷到那头。◆to clean the gas jets on the cooker把煤气灶的气嘴擦干净3[uncountable ]a hard black mineral that can be polished and is used in jewellery 煤玉；黑玉；黑色大理石；贝褐碳verb(-tt-)[intransitive ]+ adv./prep.( informal) to fly somewhere in a plane 乘坐飞机旅行jet/dʒet; NAmEdʒet/
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jet1 noun
jet2 verb
jetjet1 /dʒet/ ●●○ noun
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1[countable] a fast plane with a jet enginejet fighter/aircraft/airliner a squadron of F-6 jet fighter aircraft He owns a private jet. →
jumbo jet
2[countable] a narrow stream of liquid or gas that comes quickly out of a small hole, or the hole itselfjet of She soaped herself beneath the refreshing jets of water.3[uncountable] a hard black stone that is used for making jewellery
jet1 noun
jet2 verb
jetjet2 verb (past tense and past participle jetted, present participle jetting) [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]
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1informal to travel by plane, especially to many different placesjet off We’re jetting off for a sunshine holiday in the Caribbean. business executives jetting around the world2if a liquid or gas jets out from somewhere, it comes quickly out of a small hole