- [countable]
a plane driven by jet engines 喷气式飞机 a jet aircraft/fighter/airliner 喷气式飞机／战斗机／客机 The accident happened as the jet was about to take off. 事故是在喷气式飞机正要起飞时发生的。 🔊🔊 He flew to Bermuda in his private jet. 他乘自己的私人喷气式飞机飞到了百慕大。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- jumbo
- supersonic
- regional
- …
- fly
- pilot
- charter
- …
- fly
- take off
- land
- …
- aircraft
- airliner
- airplane
- …
- by jet
- in a/the jet
- [countable]
a strong narrow stream of gas, liquid or flame that comes very quickly out of a small opening. The opening is also called a jet. 喷射流；喷射口；喷嘴 The pipe burst and jets of water shot across the room. 管子爆裂，一股股水从屋子这头喷到那头。 🔊🔊 to clean the gas jets on the cooker 把煤气灶的气嘴擦干净 Little jets of steam spurted from the engine. 发动机喷出一股股细小的蒸汽。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- air
- gas
- water
- …
- jet of
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a hard black mineral that can be polished and is used in jewellery 煤玉；黑玉；黑色大理石；贝褐碳 jet beads 喷射珠
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 2 late 16th cent. (as a verb meaning ‘jut out’): from French jeter ‘to throw’, based on Latin jactare, frequentative of jacere ‘to throw’. noun sense 3 Middle English: from Old French jaiet, from Latin Gagates, from Greek gagatēs ‘from Gagai’, a town in Asia Minor.