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air AREAHeE5, $ern [U]the space above, esp. high above, the ground空中The air was filled with millions of locusts / the scent of roses / terrified screams.空中充满了成千上万的蝗虫/玫瑰的香味/恐怖的尖叫声。Throw your gun down and put your hands in the air.把枪扔下，手举起来。The police fired into the air to clear the demonstrators from the streets.警察向空中鸣枪，以驱散街上的示威者。Air can also be used to refer to aircraft.飞机，飞行器an air ambulance救护飞机an air crash / disaster空难an air fare机票价格air travel飞机旅行I hate travelling by air (=in aircraft) because I get horribly airsick.我讨厌乘飞机旅行，因为我晕机很厉害。We have supremacy in the air (=Our aircraft are more powerful than those of our enemy).我们拥有制空权。UN planes have made air drops (=delivered supplies by dropping them from aircraft) to 300 flood-hit villages.联合国飞机已向300个被洪水侵袭的村庄空投了救援物资。An air force is the part of a country's military forces which uses aircraft and fights in the air.空军the United States Air Force美国空军(Br and Aus dated) An air hostess (also flight attendant) is a woman who serves passengers on an aircraft.空中小姐Air power is the force of a country's military aircraft and the ability of these aircraft to be used for attacking and defending the country.(一国的)空中力量，空军实力The decisive factor in their remarkable victory was their superior air power.他们取得重大胜利的决定性因素是由于拥有更强的空军实力。An air raid is an attack by enemy aircraft, usually dropping bombs.空袭an air raid shelter / siren防空洞/空袭警报Air-sea rescue is the act of using aircraft, including HELICOPTERS, and boats to try to save people in danger at sea.海空救援An air-sea rescue operation was carried out to rescue passengers from the sinking ship.已开展了海空救援行动，来营救沉船上的乘客。An air terminal is a building in an airport or in a place near an airport where aircraft passengers gather before their flight leaves or from which they leave after their flight has arrived.(机场内或机场附近的)候机大楼，航空站(旅客集散的地方)Air-to-air means involving a weapon which is fired from an aircraft at another aircraft.(武器)空对空的Air-to-ground / air-to-surface means involving a weapon which is fired from an aircraft at a place on the ground.空对地的an air-to-air missile空对空导弹an air-to-ground attack空对地袭击Air traffic control is the activity of managing aircraft from the ground as they take off, fly and land, or it is the group of people who do this, who are also called air traffic controllers.空中交通管制；空中交通管制员，机场塔台指挥人员If something is in the air, you feel that it is happening or about to happen.正在发生的，就要发生的Love / Change / Spring is in the air.爱意萌生/变革即将发生/春意盎然。If something such as a decision is up in the air, it is uncertain.未定的，无法判断的The whole future of the project is still up in the air.这一项目的整个前景仍无法判断。
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