aeroplane
noun (British English)(also airplane especially in North American English)
(also plane British English, North American English)
a flying vehicle with wings and one or more engines 飛機 
aeroplanes flying overhead 在頭頂上飛過的飛機 The aeroplane was carrying 350 people. 飛機上載有350人。 - in an aeroplane
I've never flown in an aeroplane. 我從未坐過飛機。 - on an aeroplane
The president was never on the aeroplane at all. 總統從來就沒坐過這架飛機。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- model
- paper
- toy
- …
- engine
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from French aéroplane, from aéro- ‘air’ + Greek -planos ‘wandering’.
