【air音标】 英[eə(r)] 美[er]
【单词释义】 air是什么意思：
n.空气；天空；气氛；空运；（简单易记的）曲调
vt.& vi.晾晒；烘干；播送；广播
vt.使房间通风， 透气
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] airs [第三人称单数] airs
[单词现在分词] airing
[单词过去式] aired
[单词过去分词] aired
【air形近词/近似词】
sir n.先生
fir n.冷杉；[植]枞木
【常用短语】
by air 乘飞机；通过航空途径
hot air 吹牛；大话
in the air 在空中；悬而未决；在流传中
on the air 在广播，广播中
【单词例句】
◇ Apollo stood for youthful and manly beauty.His golden hair,stately manner and air all combined to make him the admiration of the world.
阿波罗象征着青春和男子汉的美。金色的头发、庄重的举止、容光焕发的神态,这些足以使他受到世人的青睐。
---- Apollo
◇ Suddenly she heard a whirring and rushing sound in the air, and the dwarf said, "The lord ravens are flying home now."She ducked behind the door to hear what they would say.
忽然，她听到空中传来了翅膀拍击的声音和呱呱的叫声，小矮人马上说道：“我的主人们回来了。”她连忙躲到门后面，想听听他们会说些什么。
---- The Seven Ravens
◇ She noticed the other bird moving back and forth on the edge of the cage. She could feel his GREat need for freedom. He needed to soar into the clear, blue sky. She lifted him from the cage and tossed him softly into the air. The bird circled once, twice, three times.
她注意到另一只鸟儿在笼边扑闪着翅膀。她可以感觉到它对自由的无限向往。它渴望冲向明净的蓝天。她将它举起，轻轻抛向空中。鸟儿盘旋了一圈，两圈，三圈。
---- Best Way to Keep Love is to Give It Wings
◇ But there is no day that you may not visit the South Rim and find the sun warm on your face and the air perfumed with the incense of smoke from an Indian hearth.
然而南缘任何时候都欢迎人们的来访。在那里温暖的阳光照在人们的脸上；空气中弥漫着印第安香炉中散发出的烟香气。
---- The Grand Canyon
◇ But doctors have warned against the polite practice, after a man ruptured the back of his throat while trying to contain the convulsive explosion of air.
但是医生警告大家不要采取这种礼貌做法，因为有一名男子正是因为试图把喷嚏憋回去而撕裂了喉咙内侧。
---- Don't hold in a sneeze, It could be the death of you
◇ Vliet's theory is that when the animals enthusiastically smack their jaws, the movement forces air through the crocodiles’ sinuses and ultimately empties tears into their eyes. Their eyes not only water but can froth and bubble, as Vliet witnessed at the alligator park, where some even teared up in anticipation of their meal of chicks, quail, and feed biscuits.
弗利特的理论是，当动物用力地咀嚼食物时，咀嚼的动作会迫使空气流经鼻窦，从而让眼泪涌出来。据弗利特在短吻鳄公园亲眼目睹，它们的眼睛不但会流泪，还会冒出泡沫，一些鳄鱼甚至在准备吃鸡、鹌鹑和饼干的时候就流下了眼泪。
---- Where does the expression 'crocodile tears'
◇ The pilots of a Chinese passenger jet made an emergency landing after a cockpit windscreen was ripped out in mid-air.
中国一架民航客机驾驶舱挡风玻璃高空破裂，两位驾驶员成功实施紧急迫降。
---- 3U8633 forcing emergency landing
◇ It's believed that this cycle helps round out your sense of smell. As Matt Soniak reports for MentalFloss, some smells are better picked up by fast moving air through your nose, while others take more time and are detected better with slow-moving air.
据称，这种循环有助于丰富人们的嗅觉。据MentalFloss网站的马特-索尼亚克报道说，某些气味能更好地被鼻孔中快速气流捕捉到，而其它气味需要更多时间被慢速气流捕捉到。
---- Only One Side of Your Nose Gets Blocked at a Time
◇ This seems obvious, but wearing clothing that is loose rather than tight allows air to flow past the skin.
这一条似乎显而易见，比起穿紧身的衣服，宽松的衣服可以使空气在皮肤上流动。
---- How to keep your body cool
◇ "We did it because it's in the air, but it's not an air people imposed to us," Mr Lagerfeld said, although he noted "there was not much fur" in Chanel's work to begin with.
拉格斐说：“我们这么做是因为这一趋势呼之欲出，并不是人们强加到我们头上的。”不过他指出，香奈儿的产品本来“使用的动物毛就不多”。