aerial
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++aer·i·al1 /ˈeəriəl $ ˈer-/ ●○○ adjective [only before noun] 1 TTAfrom a plane 从飞机上的 an aerial attack 空袭 aerial photographs 在空中拍摄的照片 an aerial view of the Three Gorges Dam project 一张三峡大坝工程鸟瞰图 →4 See picture on 见图 Page A2 Car 汽车2. TTAin or moving through the air 空中的；空气中的
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aerial• Even a modest aerial explosion like the fifteen-megaton Tunguska event would utterly devastate a modern city.• The Red Sea guide is illustrated with full colour aerial photographs with overlays showing suggested underwater routes.• From these beginnings aerial photography has developed into one of the archaeologist's most valued aids.• Getting started in aerial photography is sometimes a formidable hurdle.• The intelligence officer then took the map to an expert in aerial photography who determined coordinates for the building.• His people at the Pentagon pored over aerial photos and pinpointed targets 10,000 miles away.• An aerial view of the approaches to Liverpool St station on 4 February 1989.aerial2 noun [countable] 1. TCBa piece of equipment for receiving or sending radio or television signals, usually consisting of a piece of metal or wire 〔无线电或电视的〕天线 SYN American English antenna →5 see picture at 见图 car2. aerials a sport in which someone goes down a mountain on skis and performs complicated jumps and turns in the air 〔自由式滑雪的〕空中技巧Examples from the Corpus
aerial• Trickstick is based on a novel electrical effect, it uses the human body as an aerial to pick up mains hum.• Many people will also need new aerials to receive the service.• Manescu had noticed a network of aerials, wires and dishes mounted on the roof.• We had to fight to make our way through as rifles, packs and radio aerials snagged on bushes and branches.• At the 1987 election he was cocooned at Labour headquarters, surrounded by television screens, satellite aerials and endlessly insistent telephones.• Damage to the aerial itself is covered under the Contents section of 2* - 5* policies.• The roofs of every embassy and legation in London are draped with aerials of every size and shape.Origin aerial (1600-1700) Latin aerius, from Greek aerios, from aer; → AERATEaer·i·al1 adjectiveaerial2 nounChineseSyllable
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aerial
aer‧i‧al1 /ˈeəriəl $ ˈer-/ 
adjective [only before noun]1. from a plane:
an aerial attack
aerial photographs
an aerial view of the Three Gorges Dam project
2. in or moving through the air
aerial2 noun [countable]
1. a piece of equipment for receiving or sending radio or television signals, usually consisting of a piece of metal or wire
SYN antenna American English
2. aerials a sport in which someone goes down a mountain on skis and performs complicated jumps and turns in the air
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adjective [only before noun]1. from a plane: 2. in or moving through the air
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noun [countable]1. a piece of equipment for receiving or sending radio or television signals, usually consisting of a piece of metal or wire
SYN antenna American English
2. aerials a sport in which someone goes down a mountain on skis and performs complicated jumps and turns in the air
