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单词 aircraft carriers
释义

aircraft carrier

noun

: a warship with a flight deck on which aircraft can be launched and landed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The aircraft carrier USS Truman experienced an unusual aircraft loss during a fit of bad weather in the Mediterranean. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 13 July 2022 A few hours earlier in Charleston, S.C., Ohio State and Marquette canceled their game on the USS Yorktown aircraft carrier for similar reasons. Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2022 That’s about how many sailors have moved off the USS George Washington aircraft carrier after multiple deaths by suicide among the crew, according to the Navy. Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 4 May 2022 In addition to surveying by air, the U.S. kept an aircraft carrier, the USS Ronald Reagan, and its accompanying ships in the region throughout the exercises. Alastair Gale, WSJ, 7 Aug. 2022 This includes the Broadway theater district ten blocks away, the Hudson Yards, the High Line elevated park and greenway, Chelsea Market, the aircraft carrier Intrepid, the Circle Line and Madison Square Garden. Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 1 June 2022 One early acquisition was a seven-foot model of an aircraft carrier, one of the largest toys ever made. cleveland, 29 May 2022 Another aircraft carrier undergoing a grueling maintenance cycle — the USS George H.W. Bush — saw three sailors die by suicide within a week in 2019. Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2022 One of the most enduring symbols of American military power is the aircraft carrier. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 25 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

aircraft carriers

noun

plural of aircraft carrier
as in merchant ships

Synonyms & Similar Words

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