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词汇 air-drop
释义 air drop
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈeə ˌdrɒp/ us /ˈer ˌdrɑːp/
the act of bringing supplies or equipment by dropping them from aircraft: 空投
UN planes have made air drops to 300 flood-hit villages.联合国飞机已向遭受洪灾的300个村庄空投了救援物资。
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Delivering and despatching
air bridge
air corridor
air-dash
box scheme
consign
courier
dispatch
drop off
misaddress
misdirect
misdirection
misroute
non-delivery
send something out
ship
shipment
shipper
shoot
shoot something off
truck

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Emergency services in general
air-drop
verb[ T ]
uk /ˈeə ˌdrɒp/ us /ˈer ˌdrɑːp/
to bring supplies or equipment somewhere by dropping them from aircraft: 空投
The roads became blocked in the earthquake, but there is a plan to air-drop aid packages.道路因地震阻断,但有计划将空投援助包。
Supplies are air-dropped to the remote mountain camp.物资被空投到偏远的山区营地。
Because of the storm, an attempt to air-drop the emergency supplies failed.
Food, water, and other supplies will be air-dropped into areas devastated by the mudslides.
A helicopter attempted to air-drop flyers over the city to advertise the concert.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Delivering and despatching
air bridge
air corridor
air-dash
box scheme
consign
courier
dispatch
drop off
misaddress
misdirect
misdirection
misroute
non-delivery
send something out
ship
shipment
shipper
shoot
shoot something off
truck

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Emergency services in general

Examples of air drop


air drop
Air lifts are what are needed, not air drops.
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Air dropping into an area with a large number of people in an insalubrious camp could cause a riot and deaths.
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This may result in the air dropping below freezing, causing water vapor contained in the air to first change state from a gas to a liquid, which then becomes ice.
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No requests were made from the hospital except for extra drugs which were supplied by airdrop.
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There is such a thing as the airdrop, and we have been foremost in the field in regard to air supply.
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We are the nation which started the airdrop, and we have more experience of it than anybody else.
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This has been discussed with an eye both to an airlift or airdrop and to a land corridor.
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Next, there is the question of the airdrop, if the roads become impassable.
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Of course, we also considered the prospect of an airdrop of supplies, but that also has great logistical difficulties, and we were not advised to proceed with that course.
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The airdrop was advanced.
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I believe it is a significant unit in the sense that it is capable of operating independently, relying entirely on airdrop, and can be dropped almost anywhere.
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Bravo regularly received food, water, fuel, and ammunition via airdrop.
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It is intended for various missions such as aerial photography, cinematography, surveying, advertisement, communication relay and airdrop of emergency medication during disaster relief.
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Variants were constructed both with no propulsion system and monopropellant engines for airdrop testing.
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The enemy carried out an airdrop of about ten tons of stores.
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