airs

1. N-UNCOUNT 空气；大气
   Air is the mixture of gases which forms the earth's atmosphere and which we breathe.
   1. Draughts help to circulate air...
      穿堂风有助于空气流通。
   2. Keith opened the window and leaned out into the cold air.
      基思打开窗户，探出身到冷风中。
   3. ...water and air pollutants.
      水污染物和空气污染物
2. N-SING 天空；空中；空间
   The air is the space around things or above the ground.
   1. Government troops broke up the protest by firing their guns in the air...
      政府军队朝天鸣枪驱散了抗议人群。
   2. People's cigarette smoke seemed to hang in the air.
      人们吸烟的烟雾似乎会长时间滞留在空气中。
3. N-UNCOUNT 空运；航空
   Air is used to refer to travel in aircraft.
   1. Air travel will continue to grow at about 6% per year...
      乘飞机旅行的人数将以每年大约6%的速度持续增加。
   2. Casualties had to be brought to hospital by air.
      伤者不得不用飞机送往医院。
4. （简单易记的）曲调，旋律
   An air is a simple tune which can be easily recognized and remembered.
5. N-SING 神态;感觉;总体印象;氛围
   If you say that someone or something has a particular air, you mean that they give this general impression.
   1. Jennifer regarded him with an air of amusement...
      珍妮弗觉得他很风趣。
   2. The meal gave the occasion an almost festive air.
      这一餐使整个场合有了近乎节日般的喜庆氛围。
6. N-PLURAL 矫揉造作；装腔作势；做作
   If you say that someone is putting on airs or giving themselves airs, you are criticizing them for behaving as if they are better than other people.
   1. We're poor and we never put on airs.
      我们贫穷但从不装腔作势。
7. VERB （通过电视或无线电）播送，播放
   If a broadcasting company airs a television or radio programme, they show it on television or broadcast it on the radio.
   1. Tonight PBS will air a documentary called 'Democracy In Action'.
      今晚公共广播公司将播放一部名为《民主进行时》的纪录片。
8. VERB 使公开；宣扬
   If you air your opinions, you make them known to people.
   1. They sat for more than six hours, and both sides agreed they had aired all their differences...
      他们一起坐了六个多小时，而且双方都认为他们已经表达了所有的不同意见。
   2. The whole issue was thoroughly aired at the meeting.
      在会上完全公开了整个问题。
9. VERB 使通风
   If you air a room or building, you let fresh air into it.
   1. One day a week her mother systematically cleaned and aired each room.
      她母亲按部就班地每周一次清扫所有的房间并开窗通风。
10. VERB 烘干（衣物、被褥）
    If you air clothing or bedding, you put it somewhere warm to make sure that it is completely dry.
    1. When the shirts were clean, I ironed them myself, aired them and placed them in drawers in his room.
       衬衫洗干净之后，我自己将它们熨好、烘干并放在他房间的抽屉里。
11. PHRASE 消除分歧;解决问题
    If you do something to clear the air, you do it in order to resolve any problems or disagreements that there might be.
    1. ...an inquiry just to clear the air and settle the facts of the case.
       一项只为消除疑团并弄清案件事实而进行的调查
12. PHRASE 大模大样;摆架子;装腔作势
    If you refer to someone's airs and graces, you mean that they behave in a way that shows that they think they are more important than other people.
    1. The old cliché of the customer being always right is what gives them airs and graces.
       “顾客总是对的”这种陈词滥调让他们变得趾高气扬。
13. PHRASE 可感觉到;可被意识到
    If something is in the air it is felt to be present, but it is not talked about.
    1. There was great excitement in the air...
       人人都感到无比激动。
    2. She walked away and left the question hanging in the air.
       她走开了，将疑问留在人们心里。
14. PHRASE 播送（广播、电视节目）；（广播、电视节目）播放/停止播放
    If someone is on the air, they are broadcasting on radio or television. If a programme is on the air, it is being broadcast on radio or television. If it is off the air, it is not being broadcast.
    1. She is going on the air as presenter of a new show...
       她即将上电视主持一档新节目。
    2. Rockwell hopes the program can be on the air within a year...
       罗克韦尔希望该节目能在一年内播出。
    3. This message did not reach me until after the programme went off the air.
       直到节目播出后，我才获知这条消息。
15. PHRASE （消失得）无影无踪/突然神秘地（出现）
    If someone or something disappears into thin air, they disappear completely. If someone or something appears out of thin air, they appear suddenly and mysteriously.
    1. 'But where could they have gone?' he demanded. 'They can't just vanish into thin air!'...
       “但是他们可能去哪里呢？”他追问道，“他们不可能就神秘消失了!”
    2. He had materialized out of thin air; I had not seen or heard him coming.
       他突然间神秘地出现了；我既没看见他来，也没听见他的脚步声。
16. PHRASE 悬而未决；未决定
    If you say that a decision or a situation is up in the air, you mean that it has not yet been completely settled or planned.
    1. He told reporters today that the president's trip to Moscow is up in the air.
       今天他告诉记者们总统是否前往莫斯科尚未确定。
17. PHRASE 非常高兴；兴高采烈
    If you say that you are walking on air or floating on air, you mean that you feel extremely happy about something.
    1. As soon as I know I'm in the team it's like I'm walking on air.
       一得知我加入了这个队，我高兴得像飞上了天。

1. We're poor and we never put on airs.
   我们贫穷但从不装腔作势。
2. The old clich é of the customer being always right is what gives them airs and graces.
   “顾客总是对的”这种陈词滥调让他们变得趾高气扬。
3. Directors weren't allowed any proprietary airs about the product they made.
   主管们不允许对他们生产的产品以所有者自居。
4. The more airs he gives himself, the less respect we'll show him.
   他越是神气，我们越不买账。
5. He always puts on airs and talks down to others.
   他总是摆架子以高人一等的口气对别人讲话。
6. I didn't like to put on airs, and even less to have too many people catering to me.
   我不喜欢摆架子，更不愿让人家兴师动众来照顾我。
7. You shouldn't put on airs even if you were in charge.
   即便你当头头，也不该摆架子。
8. The sweat of labour washed away his bureaucratic [ official] airs.
   劳动的汗水冲掉了他身上的官气。
9. Each airs his own views.
   各抒己见。
10. He never puts on airs.
    他从来不拿架子。
11. With a lot of people backing him up, he would naturally be giving himself airs and looking down his nose at everybody.
    有人给他撑腰打气，他自然趾高气扬，目中无人了。
12. Just look at the airs she's giving herself, looking down her nose at everybody.
    你看她的神气，简直是目中无人。
13. Their overbearing bureaucracy and their self-satisfied airs are really more than one can stand.
    他们那种神气十足的官僚架子实在叫人吃不消。
14. The workers detest his bureaucratic airs.
    工人们很讨厌他那副官僚架子。
15. Look what airs he puts on!
    瞧他那份神气！
16. He knows a few airs of Beijing opera.
    他还会两出京戏。
17. Humph! what airs he gives himself!
    呵！他倒神气起来了。
18. The programme airs daily.
    本节目每天广播。
19. Don't give yourself the airs of a hero.
    不要以功臣自居。
20. Though a petty official, he assumes great airs.
    他这个人官儿不大，架子倒搭得很足。
21. Mary, at the end of a long concerto, was glad to purchase praise and gratitude by Scotch and Irish airs.
    曼丽奏完了很长的一支协奏曲之后，高兴地演奏了几支苏格兰和爱尔兰小调，为的是要博得别人的夸赞和感激。
22. He is modest, and never puts on airs.
    他为人谦逊，毫无骄矜之态。
23. Putting on airs will not earn you respect.
    你摆架子，人家就不买你的账。
24. Who do you think you are to put on such airs? they can manage perfectly well without you.
    你拿什么架子？没有你，别人也干得了。
25. Look how she gives herself airs. it's really unbearable.
    看她那个神气活现的样子，真叫人受不了。
26. I don't like jane. she's always putting on airs.
    我不喜欢简。她总是装腔作势。
27. I don't like to have intercourse with one who assumes great airs.
    我不喜欢和摆架子的人交往。
28. He could shatter airs and "respectability" with deadly sarcasm.
    他能以无情的讽刺来粉碎派头和体面。
29. He always put on airs with me, as if he was the boss.
    他总是对我摆架子，就好像他是老板一样。
30. My friends are people I trust, and I don't have to put on airs with them.
    我的朋友是我信任的人，我用不着对他们装腔作势。

noun

1. affected manners intended to impress others
   1. don't put on airs with me

   Synonym:    pose