airport

单词辨析:

airport aerodrome airfield 【导航词义:机场】
airport n. 机场,航空港
〔辨析〕

通常指较大的航空站,有跑道、候机大厅、机库、塔台等建筑物。

〔例证〕

We waited at the airport for about 2 hours before taking off.

我们在机场等了差不多两个小时才起飞。

There was a newly-built runway at the airport.

机场又新建了一个跑道。

aerodrome (美亦作airdrome) n. 小型飞机场
〔辨析〕

通常占地面积较小、设施较少且乘客人数也不多。

〔例证〕

The government planned to build an aerodrome within 6 months.

该政府曾计划在半年内建一座小型飞机场。

The aerodrome can only meet the needs of a small number of passengers.

该小型飞机场的旅客吞吐量很小。

airfield n. 机场
〔辨析〕

强调可供飞机起飞与降落之处,也可指军用机场,与 airport 不同的是,airfield 不一定配备大的机库或修配厂之类的附属设施。

〔例证〕

The pilot could not land because the airfield was too foggy.

机场雾太大,这名飞行员无法降落。

Any minute they'd be spotted by enemy planes flying in and out of the airfield.

他们随时都会被进出机场的敌机发现。

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They rerouted the planes at La Guardia airport.

他们改变了拉瓜迪亚机场飞机的航线。

The flooding led to six-mile tailbacks between west London and Heathrow Airport.

洪水导致伦敦西部和希斯罗机场间形成了长达6英里的塞车长龙。

Troops have seized the airport and railroad terminals

军队已控制了机场和火车站。

The Afghan authorities say the airport had been closed for more than a year.

阿富汗当局称,该机场已经关闭一年多了。

We can organise car rental from Chicago O'Hare Airport.

我们可以安排提供从芝加哥奥黑尔机场出发的租车服务。

A limousine swept her along the busy freeway to the airport.

一辆豪华轿车载着她沿着拥挤的高速公路飞速驶向机场。