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airlift 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈe(ə)rˌlift/,
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airlifts, plural;
  1. Transport (troops or supplies) by aircraft, typically when transportation by land is difficult
    • - helicopters were employed to airlift the troops out of danger
Noun
  1. An act of transporting supplies by aircraft, typically in a blockade or other emergency
    • - a massive airlift of food, blankets, and medical supplies
  1. fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means; "Food is airlifted into Bosnia"
  2. transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
  3. An airlift is the organized delivery of supplies or personnel primarily via aircraft.
  4. An Airlift is device based on a pipe, used in nautical archaeology to suck small objects, sand and mud from the sea bed and to transport the resulting debris upwards and away from its source. It is sometimes called a suction dredge. A water dredge or water eductor may be used for the same purpose.
  5. The transportation of troops, civilians or supplies by air, especially in an emergency; Such a flight; A pipe that is used to suck up objects from the sea bed; To transport (troops etc) in an airlift
  6. The carriage of personnel or supplies by air.
  7. Both the means of delivery and the sustainable lifeline for troops by air until sea lines of communication can be established.
  8. the air transport of persons and/or cargo, especially during an emergency; see BERLIN AIRLIFT, compare BOATLIFT.
  9. The movement of mail by air taxi operators and air carriers.
  10. The evacuation of an injured person via helicopter
  11. A hoisting apparatus that operates by means of compressed air.