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ground crew

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Air
ˈground crew noun [countable]  TTAthe group of people who work at an airport looking after the aircraft 〔机场的〕地勤人员 SYN British English ground staff
Examples from the Corpus
ground crewGraf von Kageneck is helped into his parachute harness by his ground crew on a Sicilian airfield in May 1941.As he was saying that, I looked out the window and saw the ground crew taking the luggage off the plane.The ground crew can now work to refuel, clean the squashed bugs off the bubble and put the aircraft to bed.The ground crew got Patterson out in a tearing rush.
ˈground crew nounChineseSyllable
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ground crew
ˈground crew noun [countable]
the group of people who work at an airport looking after the aircraft
   SYN  ground staff British English


ground crewBrE /ˈɡraʊnd kruː/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡraʊnd kruː/ 🔊 (also ˈground staff) noun [countable + singular or plural verb] the people at an airport whose job is to take care of aircraft while they are on the ground (统称)地勤人员