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单词 aviate
释义

aviate

[ ey-vee-eyt, av-ee- ]
/ ˈeɪ viˌeɪt, ˈæv i- /
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verb (used with or without object), a·vi·at·ed, a·vi·at·ing.

to fly or fly in an aircraft.

Origin of aviate

First recorded in 1885–90; back formation from aviation

Words nearby aviate

avian influenza, avianize, avian leukosis-sarcoma complex, aviarist, aviary, aviate, aviation, aviation cadet, aviation medicine, aviator, aviator glasses
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Example sentences from the Web for aviate

  • But in the same sense there is an impulse to aviate, to run a typewriter or write stories for magazines.

    Human Nature and Conduct|John Dewey

  • "Now the next thing is for you to teach us all to aviate," laughed the southerner.

    The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land|Gordon Stuart

  • It is not quite clear in my mind even now why things in my immediate vicinity did not start to aviate.

    Down the Yellowstone|Lewis R. Freeman

British Dictionary definitions for aviate

aviate
/ (ˈeɪvɪˌeɪt) /

verb

to pilot or fly in an aircraft
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Words related to aviate

shoot, take off, float, glide, drift, travel, sail, reach, cross, flutter, swoop, climb, circle, operate, speed, rush, pilot, control, dash, skim
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