hovercraft

noun

1. 气垫船；气垫运载工具
   a vehicle that travels just above the surface of water or land, held up by air being forced downwards

1. N-COUNT 气垫船;气垫运输工具
   A hovercraft is a vehicle that can travel across land and water. It floats above the land or water on a cushion of air.
   1. Travelling at speeds of up to thirty five knots, these hovercraft can easily outpace most boats...
      这些气垫船行驶速度最高可达35节，能够轻易地超过大多数船只。
   2. The expedition made the journey to its source by hovercraft.
      探险队乘气垫船到达了它的源头。

1. The expedition made the journey to its source by hovercraft.
   探险队乘气垫船到达了它的源头。
2. These hovercraft can easily outpace most boats
   这些气垫船在速度上能轻而易举地超过大多数船只。
3. Strapping the skis on the roof, we boarded the hovercraft in Dover
   用带子把滑水板绑在船顶后，我们就在多佛登上了气垫船。
4. Jets of compressed air lift the hovercraft off the ground, and flexible skirts around the craft retain the air cushion, and help to keep it stable.
   压缩空气的喷射气流将气垫船浮在地面上，船的四周有柔性围裙来维持气垫并使气垫船稳定。
5. The hovercraft has the advantage of being able to move straight upwards like a helicopter.
   气垫船的优点是可以像直升机一样垂直上升。
6. The strangest of them being perhaps the hovercraft.
   其中最新奇的要数气垫船了。
7. This is the first time I see a hovercraft.
   这是我第一次看见气垫船。
8. Now people can cross the lake easily on/ by a hovercraft.
   现在人们能够方便地乘坐气垫船渡过湖泊。
9. Giant hovercraft liners could span the Atlantic;
   大型的气垫班轮或许能跨越大西洋。
10. Since that time, various types of hovercraft have appeared and taken up regular service.
    从那以后，各种各样的气垫船出现了，并开始了定期航行服务。
11. The hovercraft is particularly useful in large areas with poor communications such as Africa or australia;
    气垫船在非洲、澳大利亚等交通不发达地区特别有用。
12. The hovercraft is able to skim over the water.
    气垫船能掠过水面飞速行驶。
13. The hovercraft is one of the most interesting forms of transport that have been developed since the war.
    气垫船是战后发展起来的最有意义的交通工具之一。
14. The twins hadn't seen a hovercraft before, had they?
    这对双胞胎以前没见过气垫船，是吗？
15. Which one of the following statements is TRUE of the hovercraft?
    下列哪个陈述是关于气垫车的正确描述？
16. The trapped air that supports a hovercraft a short distance above the water or ground.
    被封存的空气，能将气垫车船托出水面或地面一小段距离。
17. Hovercraft is safe as houses, even if the engine broke down there's no danger of sinking.
    气垫船像房子一样安全，即使是发动机出故障，也没有沉没的危险。
18. Many strange new means of transport have been developed in our century, the strangest of them being perhaps the hovercraft.
    在我们这个世纪内研制了许多新奇的交通工具，其中最奇特的也许就是气垫船了。
19. This had a hovercraft like engine and also worked on the magnetic energy fields like the space crafts.
    它有一个象水翼船一样的引擎，工作原理与飞行器一样，也是利用磁能场。
20. The hovercraft was in fact a ground-effect vehicle rather than an aircraft.
    气垫车实际上是气垫运输工具而不是飞机。
21. Research on Systemic Performance of Hovercraft Gas Turbine Propulsion
    气垫船用三轴燃气轮机推进系统动态性能研究
22. A hovercraft rides on a cushion of air. a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas.
    气垫船悬浮在气垫上行驶.一团细小的颗粒悬浮在空气中。
23. The rubber skirts round the bottom of a hovercraft were destroyed.
    气垫船底部四周的橡胶护板被毁了。
24. The basic concepts and principles derived on this base can be used directly to optimized design of hovercraft resistance, stability and sea keeping quality.
    由此导出的一些基本概念和判据可直接应用于气垫船阻力、稳性和耐波性的优化设计。
25. This spray was thrown up from the sea when the air rushed downwards under the hovercraft and struck the water.
    当空气在气垫船下面急速冲击水面时，从海里卷起了浪花。
26. Do you know what advantage the hovercraft has over the aeroplane?
    你知道气垫船比飞机有哪些优点吗？
27. I ask my friend what is hovercraft, and then they show me its picture.
    我问朋友什么是气垫船，然后他们给我看了它的照片。
28. You can travel by ferry, hovercraft or hydrofoil.
    你可以乘渡船、气垫船或水翼艇旅行。
29. One can travel to Holland by boat, by hovercraft, or by air.
    你可以乘船、汽垫船或飞机去芬兰。

noun

1. a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines

   Synonym:    ground-effect machine