jet

noun

/dʒet/

[countable] a plane driven by jet engines喷气式飞机
- a jet aircraft/fighter/airliner喷气式飞机／战斗机／客机
- The accident happened as the jet was about to take off.事故是在喷气式飞机正要起飞时发生的。
- He flew to Bermuda in his private jet.他乘自己的私人喷气式飞机飞到了百慕大。
see also jumbo, jump jet
Wordfinder
- aircraft
- bomber
- drone
- fighter
- helicopter
- jet
- jump jet
- parachute
- pilot
- warplane
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Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- jumbo
- supersonic
- regional
- …
verb + jet
- fly
- pilot
- charter
- …
jet + verb
- fly
- take off
- land
- …
jet + noun
- aircraft
- airliner
- airplane
- …
preposition
- by jet
- in a/the jet
[countable] a strong narrow stream of gas, liquid or flame that comes very quickly out of a small opening. The opening is also called a jet.喷射流；喷射口；喷嘴
- The pipe burst and jets of water shot across the room.管子爆裂，一股股水从屋子这头喷到那头。
- to clean the gas jets on the cooker把煤气灶的气嘴擦干净
- Little jets of steam spurted from the engine.发动机喷出一股股细小的蒸汽。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- air
- gas
- water
- …
preposition
- jet of
[uncountable] a hard black mineral that can be polished and is used in jewellery煤玉；黑玉；黑色大理石；贝褐碳
- jet beads喷射珠

词源noun senses 1 to 2 late 16th cent. (as a verb meaning ‘jut out’): from French jeter ‘to throw’, based on Latin jactare, frequentative of jacere ‘to throw’. noun sense 3 Middle English: from Old French jaiet, from Latin Gagates, from Greek gagatēs ‘from Gagai’, a town in Asia Minor.

jet

verb

/dʒet/

[intransitive] (informal)

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they jet	/dʒet/ /dʒet/
he / she / it jets	/dʒets/ /dʒets/
past simple jetted	/ˈdʒetɪd/ /ˈdʒetɪd/
past participle jetted	/ˈdʒetɪd/ /ˈdʒetɪd/
-ing form jetting	/ˈdʒetɪŋ/ /ˈdʒetɪŋ/

+ adv./prep. to fly somewhere in a plane乘坐飞机旅行
- They have just jetted off for a honeymoon in New York.他们刚刚乘飞机去纽约度蜜月。
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词源verb late 16th cent. (as a verb meaning ‘jut out’): from French jeter ‘to throw’, based on Latin jactare, frequentative of jacere ‘to throw’.