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aerial

noun
🔊/ˈeəriəl/
🔊/ˈeriəl/
(especially British English)
(also antenna especially in North American English)
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  1. a piece of equipment made of wire or long straight pieces of metal for receiving or sending radio and television signals天线
    • a forest of television aerials on the roofs屋顶上的电视天线森林
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • radio
    • television
    • TV
    • …
    aerial + verb
    • transmit something
    • pick something up
    • receive something
    • …
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    Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘thin as air, imaginary’): via Latin aerius from Greek aerios (from aēr ‘air’) + -al.

aerial

adjective
🔊/ˈeəriəl/
🔊/ˈeriəl/
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  1. from a plane从飞机上的
    • aerial attacks/bombardment/photography空中攻击／轰炸／摄影
    • an aerial view of Palm Island棕榈岛鸟瞰图
    • Not all patterns and marks seen on aerial photographs represent archaeological sites.并非在航空照片上看到的所有图案和标记都代表考古现场。
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  2. in the air; existing above the ground空中的；空气中的；地表以上的
    • The banyan tree has aerial roots.榕树有气生根。🔊🔊
    • Bees have half a dozen aerial dances to indicate where to find nectar.蜜蜂进行了六次空中跳舞，以表明在哪里可以找到花蜜。
    3. Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘thin as air, imaginary’): via Latin aerius from Greek aerios (from aēr ‘air’) + -al.