airport
aerodrome
airfield【导航词义:机场】
airport n. 机场,航空港
〔辨析〕通常指较大的航空站,有跑道、候机大厅、机库、塔台等建筑物。
〔例证〕
We waited at the airport for about 2 hours before taking off.
我们在机场等了差不多两个小时才起飞。
There was a newly-built runway at the airport.
机场又新建了一个跑道。
aerodrome n. 小型飞机场
〔辨析〕通常占地面积较小、设施较少且乘客人数也不多。
〔例证〕
The government planned to build an aerodrome within 6 months.
该政府曾计划在半年内建一座小型飞机场。
The aerodrome can only meet the needs of a small number of passengers.
该小型飞机场的旅客吞吐量很小。
airfield n. 机场
〔辨析〕强调可供飞机起飞与降落之处,也可指军用机场,与 airport 不同的是,airfield 不一定配备大的机库或修配厂之类的附属设施。
〔例证〕
The pilot could not land because the airfield was too foggy.
机场雾太大,这名飞行员无法降落。
Any minute they'd be spotted by enemy planes flying in and out of the airfield.
他们随时都会被进出机场的敌机发现。