takeoff

英 ['teɪkɒf] 美['tekɔf]
  • 起飞
  • 开始
  • 起跳
  • 起跳的,起飞的

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词态变化


复数: takeoffs;

英文词源


takeoff (n.)
also take-off, "caricature," colloquial, 1846, from earlier sense of "thing that detracts from something, drawback" (1826), from take (v.) + off (adv.). Meaning "act of becoming airborne" is from 1904 in reference to aircraft; in reference to jumping, it is attested from 1869. Verbal phrase take off "become airborne" is from 1918, in reference to aircraft; figurative use "rise suddenly and dramatically" by 1963.

双语例句


1. Discovery's takeoff this morning from Cape Canaveral was flawless.
“发现”号航天飞机今晨从卡纳维拉尔角顺利发射升空。

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2. The aircraft crashed after takeoff from Heathrow in a reservoir.
飞机从希思罗机场起飞后坠毁在一个水库里。

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3. The commuter plane was waiting for takeoff.
通勤飞机在等候起飞。

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4. She does a marvellous takeoff of the Queen.
她学女王的样子学得惟妙惟肖.

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5. The plane crashed shortly after takeoff.
飞机起飞后不久便坠毁了.

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