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单词 airhead
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airhead1

noun ˈɛːhɛdˈɛrˌhɛd
Military
  • A base close to the area of active operations where supplies and troops can be received and evacuated by air.

    〔军〕空军前进基地

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Air Dispatchers prepare loads for airdrop, can supplement RAAF aircraft crew and manually dispatch the loads and can also establish an airhead, or air terminal if necessary.
    • The military base is the principle strategic airhead for the militia, supporting its small fleet of helicopters and warplanes.
    • It was decided that the teams were able to provide care equal to that available from the hospitals, because of their depleted medical supplies, so all patients were moved to the airhead triage area.
    • It's a matter of being able to distribute supplies, and take care of retail distribution using helicopter and air assets and truck assets once you get supplies to major airheads.
    • Special Forces are believed to have seized critical airheads, bridges and other important objectives.

Origin

Second World War: on the pattern of bridgehead.

Rhymes

stairhead

airhead2

nounˈɛːhɛdˈɛrˌhɛd
informal
  • A silly or foolish person.

    〈非正式〉空气脑袋,傻瓜

    a celebrity airhead with no discernible talent
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Her dry Aussie wit is a godsend in an industry choked with airheads, and her quicksilver intelligence animates her luminous beauty.
    • Also we will not accept airheads with bad attitudes who throw beer in people's faces.
    • Stefani might give the impression of being a dizzy airhead, but she's no fool.
    • The above paragraph makes me sound like a total airhead, even to myself.
    • It's entirely possible that they're total airheads, but they can do things that I just can't do.
    • The audience, or the few airheads that decided to show up, seemed to be right at home.
    • I'm reminded of those advertisements for the national lottery depicting an airhead, a feckless character, with the warning that, if we don't play, the winner could end up being that same character.
    • People think cheerleaders are airheads if you go by how American films show them.
    • She comes across as a giggly airhead because she's camera-shy and not terribly articulate.
    • I might start a self-help group for those of us who become so aerated by airheads on the airwaves that we want to pelt the set with its own batteries.
    • The problem wasn't so much their performance as their script, which basically confirmed their image as immature airheads.
    • While some might consider it to be easier than writing, I think there are as many airheads behind the camera as there are on keyboards.
    • If the agency is willing to employ such airheads at their office, what kind of dunces do you think they'd employ for your client?
    • People think I'm just an airhead, but I just write about what people want to read.
    • You've then got the choice between charming airheads or incomprehensible technical folks.
    • Since I don't watch TV anymore - except under extreme duress - I don't know what the network airheads and cable morons have done with the story.
    • Instead, we're happy to use airheads to sell the newspaper.
    • You're smart, and it's not cute to play dumb - so don't act like an airhead.
    • Just to continue your series on good looking airheads on TV.
    Synonyms
    idiot, ass, halfwit, nincompoop, blockhead, buffoon, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, imbecile, dullard, moron, simpleton, clod

airhead1

nounˈerˌhedˈɛrˌhɛd
Military
  • A base secured in enemy territory where supplies and troops can be received and evacuated by air.

    〔军〕空军前进基地

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was decided that the teams were able to provide care equal to that available from the hospitals, because of their depleted medical supplies, so all patients were moved to the airhead triage area.
    • Air Dispatchers prepare loads for airdrop, can supplement RAAF aircraft crew and manually dispatch the loads and can also establish an airhead, or air terminal if necessary.
    • It's a matter of being able to distribute supplies, and take care of retail distribution using helicopter and air assets and truck assets once you get supplies to major airheads.
    • The military base is the principle strategic airhead for the militia, supporting its small fleet of helicopters and warplanes.
    • Special Forces are believed to have seized critical airheads, bridges and other important objectives.

Origin

Second World War: on the pattern of bridgehead.

airhead2

nounˈerˌhedˈɛrˌhɛd
informal
  • A silly or foolish person.

    〈非正式〉空气脑袋,傻瓜

    a celebrity airhead with no discernible talent
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Just to continue your series on good looking airheads on TV.
    • You've then got the choice between charming airheads or incomprehensible technical folks.
    • Stefani might give the impression of being a dizzy airhead, but she's no fool.
    • People think I'm just an airhead, but I just write about what people want to read.
    • The problem wasn't so much their performance as their script, which basically confirmed their image as immature airheads.
    • You're smart, and it's not cute to play dumb - so don't act like an airhead.
    • The audience, or the few airheads that decided to show up, seemed to be right at home.
    • People think cheerleaders are airheads if you go by how American films show them.
    • While some might consider it to be easier than writing, I think there are as many airheads behind the camera as there are on keyboards.
    • Her dry Aussie wit is a godsend in an industry choked with airheads, and her quicksilver intelligence animates her luminous beauty.
    • If the agency is willing to employ such airheads at their office, what kind of dunces do you think they'd employ for your client?
    • Instead, we're happy to use airheads to sell the newspaper.
    • Since I don't watch TV anymore - except under extreme duress - I don't know what the network airheads and cable morons have done with the story.
    • She comes across as a giggly airhead because she's camera-shy and not terribly articulate.
    • I might start a self-help group for those of us who become so aerated by airheads on the airwaves that we want to pelt the set with its own batteries.
    • Also we will not accept airheads with bad attitudes who throw beer in people's faces.
    • The above paragraph makes me sound like a total airhead, even to myself.
    • It's entirely possible that they're total airheads, but they can do things that I just can't do.
    • I'm reminded of those advertisements for the national lottery depicting an airhead, a feckless character, with the warning that, if we don't play, the winner could end up being that same character.
    Synonyms
    idiot, ass, halfwit, nincompoop, blockhead, buffoon, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, imbecile, dullard, moron, simpleton, clod
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