jet
noun/dʒet/
/dʒet/
- [countable] a plane driven by jet engines
喷气式飞机 - a jet aircraft/fighter/airliner
喷气式飞机／战斗机／客机 - The accident happened as the jet was about to take off.
事故是在喷气式飞机正要起飞时发生的。 - He flew to Bermuda in his private jet.
他乘自己的私人喷气式飞机飞到了百慕大。
WordfinderTopics Transport by airb2- aircraft
- bomber
- drone
- fighter
- helicopter
- jet
- jump jet
- parachute
- pilot
- warplane
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- jumbo
- supersonic
- regional
- …
- fly
- pilot
- charter
- …
- fly
- take off
- land
- …
- aircraft
- airliner
- airplane
- …
- by jet
- in a/the jet
- a jet aircraft/fighter/airliner
- [countable] a strong narrow stream of gas, liquid or flame that comes very quickly out of a small opening. The opening is also called a jet.
喷射流；喷射口；喷嘴 - The pipe burst and jets of water shot across the room.
管子爆裂，一股股水从屋子这头喷到那头。 - to clean the gas jets on the cooker
把煤气灶的气嘴擦干净 - Little jets of steam spurted from the engine.
发动机喷出一股股细小的蒸汽。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- air
- gas
- water
- …
- jet of
- The pipe burst and jets of water shot across the room.
- [uncountable] a hard black mineral that can be polished and is used in jewellery
煤玉；黑玉；黑色大理石；贝褐碳 - jet beads
喷射珠
- jet beads
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 2 late 16th cent. (as a verb meaning ‘jut out’): from French jeter ‘to throw’, based on Latin jactare, frequentative of jacere ‘to throw’. noun sense 3 Middle English: from Old French jaiet, from Latin Gagates, from Greek gagatēs ‘from Gagai’, a town in Asia Minor.