单词 | air-freighted |
释义 | air-freightedadj. 1. Laden or filled with air. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > [adjective] > full of breathful1593 flatulent1600 air-freighted1851 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick cx. 529 Rolled in the sea like an air-freighted demi-john. 2. Of goods: sent as airfreight. ΚΠ 1948 Modesto (Calif.) Bee & News-Herald 11 Oct. 1/6 Major General E. O. Herbert, the British Berlin commandant, said the American, British and French communities were ‘getting on pretty well’ on air freighted supplies. 1982 Financial Times (Nexis) 5 Apr. 7 During the rail strike, the volume of air freighted mail rose sharply. 2006 Ecologist Feb. 74/1 Air-freighted fruit and vegetables contribute 33 times more CO2 than UK-sourced produce. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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