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- a rod, wire, or other structure by which signals are transmitted or received as part of a radio or television transmission or receiving system天线。
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aerials
a type of freestyle skiing in which the skier jumps from a ramp and carries out manoeuvres in the air空中技巧滑雪。
attrib.
1- existing, happening, or operating in the air在空中（存在、发生或进行）的：
an aerial battle
空战
an intrepid aerial adventurer.
无畏的空中冒险者。
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- coming or carried out from the air, especially using aircraft（尤指用飞机）来自空中的, 在空中进行的：
aerial bombardment of civilian targets
对民用目标的空中轰炸
aerial photography.
航空摄影。
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- (of a part of a plant) growing above ground（植物的某部分）气生的。
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- (of a bird) spending much of its time in flight（鸟）长时飞翔的, 在空中翱翔的。
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- of or in the atmosphere; atmospheric（在）大气（中）的。
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- figurative insubstantial and hard to grasp or define〈喻〉空气般的, 虚无缥缈的, 虚幻的。
派生词
aeriality
nounaerially
adverb词源
late 16th cent. （in the sense 'thin as air， imaginary'）： via Latin aerius from Greek aerios （from aēr 'air'）+-AL.