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单词 airman
释义
airmanair‧man /ˈeəmən $ ˈer-/ noun (plural airmen /-mən/) [countable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Three airmen were killed during the battle.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But flying accidents were to take the lives of young airmen beyond that date.
  • Even the luggage racks contained their quota of sailors, soldiers, or airmen.
  • Read in studio A new theory has emerged tonight about the possible cause of the Hercules crash in which nine airmen died.
  • The court was told the airman had drunk seventeen pints of beer.
  • This is not to say that our soldiers, sailors and airmen have not comported themselves bravely when asked to do so.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorsomeone who is in the army, navy etc
a man or woman who is in an army, navy etc: · The ceremony was held to honour the tens of thousands of servicemen and servicewomen who lost their lives in the war.· Four Australian servicemen were reported missing after the ambush.· a tribute to the bravery of our servicemen and -women
a member of an army, especially someone who is not an officer: · Moore has been a soldier for most of his adult life.· There were several soldiers guarding the main gate.
soldiers - use this especially to talk about soldiers taking part in a military attack: · Thousands of French troops died in the attack.· The President is sending three hundred troops to the area.
a member of the navy: · Janet married a sailor in the French navy.· Two thousand British sailors lost their lives when the ship went down.
a member of the airforce: · Three airmen were killed during the battle.
a high-ranking member of the army, navy etc, who is in charge of a group of soldiers, sailors etc: · He's an officer in the US Marines.commanding officer (=the officer in charge): · Colonel Gary G. Mahle is the commanding officer here.
WORD SETS
airbase, nounair chief marshal, nounair commodore, nounaircraftman, nounair force, nounairman, nounair raid, nounair strike, nounair vice-marshal, nounbombardier, nounbomber, nouncarpet-bomb, verbdive-bomb, verbdogfight, nounfighter, nounflight lieutenant, nounflying officer, noungeneral, nounnavigator, nounno-fly zone, nounRAF, the, sortie, nounsortie, verbsquadron, nounsquadron leader, nounstaff sergeant, nounstrafe, verbwing commander, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· I took with me a very young airman from the engineering wing and I understood that it was his first flight.· But flying accidents were to take the lives of young airmen beyond that date.· It is understood that a few days before his death the young airman shot down a Dornier bomber.· Once, we carried what we felt was the war's most valuable cargo - we had about 1,600 young airmen on board.· One night during night flying a young airman was killed when he walked into a propeller.
someone who is a member of their country’s air force
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