plane

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT A plane is a vehicle with wings and one or more engines that can fly through the air. 飛機
He had plenty of time to catch his plane. 他有足夠多的時間趕飛機。
Her mother was killed in a plane crash. 她的母親死於一次飛機失事。
2. V to fly without moving wings or using engines; glide 滑翔; 滑行
3. N-COUNT A plane is a flat, level surface that may be sloping at a particular angle. (可能有坡度的) 平麪
...a building with angled planes. …一幢外觀有一定坡度的建築物。
4. N-SING If a number of points are in the same plane, one line or one flat surface could pass through them all. 平麪
All the planets orbit the Sun in roughly the same plane, around its equator. 所有行星基本在同一個平麪上圍繞太陽赤道運轉(zhuǎn)。
5. ADJ level or flat 平的; 平坦的
6. N-COUNT A plane is a tool that has a flat bottom with a sharp blade in it. You move the plane over a piece of wood in order to remove thin pieces of its surface. 刨子
7. V-T If you plane a piece of wood, you make it smaller or smoother by using a plane. 刨
She watches him plane the surface of a walnut board. 她看著他刨一塊衚桃木板。
8. N-COUNT A plane or a plane tree is the same as a sycamore. 懸鈴木

We arrived at the airport just in time to catch the plane.
As the plane touched the ground , there was a massive jolt and we were thrown forwards .
She looked up as a plane roared overhead .
The plane climbed quickly to a height of 30 000 feet .
The plane circled for an hour before receiving permission to land .