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aviation

noun
🔊/ˌeɪviˈeɪʃn/
🔊/ˌeɪviˈeɪʃn/
 [uncountable]
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  1. the designing, building and flying of aircraft航空制造业；航空；飞行
    • civil/military aviation民用／军用航空
    • the aviation business/industry航空业
    Topics Transport by airc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryAviation is used before these nouns:
    • cadet
    • fuel
    • industry
    • …
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    Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French, formed irregularly from Latin avis ‘bird’.