英式读法是['eəpɔːt],美式读法是['erpɔːrt]。
意思是<美>航空站、(飞)机场、通气口、航空港。
常见句型:
1、It will take an hour to reach the airport, allowing for traffic delay.
把路上交通的耽搁估计在内,要一个小时才能到达机场。
2、After a warm discussion it was decided to start building the new airport right away.
经过热烈讨论,决定马上开始修建这个新机场。
3、A visitor arrived just as we were setting out for the airport.
我们正要前往机场时来了一位客人。
4、I suggest that we leave early for the airport.
我提议早点去机场。
5、Then we boarded the bus and headed for the airport.
然后,我们上了公共汽车,直奔飞机场。
扩展资料
常见错误:
1、我们乘坐的飞机到达盖特威克机场。
误 Our plane arrived at the Gatewick Airport.
正 Our plane arrived at Gatewick Airport.
析 在机场、火车站等专有名词前通常不用定冠词。
2、他昨天在机场上接了他叔叔。
误 He met his uncle on the airport yesterday.
正 He met his uncle at the airport yesterday.
析 “在机场上”,要说at the airport,不可说on the airport。
词源解说:
1919年进入英语,意为空中港口。