plane /pleɪn/

noun

1

BrE also aeroplane

NAmE also airplane

飞机

a flying vehicle with wings and one or more engines

She left by plane for Berlin.

她乘飞机去柏林了。

a plane crash

飞机坠毁

I caught the next plane to Dublin.

我赶上了下一班飞机去都柏林。

The plane took off an hour late.

飞机延迟了一小时起飞。

The plane landed at Geneva.

飞机在日内瓦降落。

2

(geometry 几何) 平面

any flat or level surface, or an imaginary flat surface through or joining material objects

the horizontal/vertical plane

水平 / 垂直平面

3

（思想、存在或发展的）水平，程度，阶段，境界

a level of thought, existence or development

to reach a higher plane of achievement

取得更高的成就

4

木工刨；刨子

a tool with a blade set in a flat surface, used for making the surface of wood smooth by shaving very thin layers off it

adj.

[only before noun] (technical 术语) 平的；平坦的

completely flat; level

a plane surface

平面

verb

1

用刨子刨平

to make a piece of wood smoother or flatter with a plane n.(4)

[VN] Plane the surface down first.

首先要把表面刨平。

[VN-ADJ] Then plane the wood smooth.

然后把木头刨光。

2

[V] (of a bird 鸟) 滑翔

to fly without moving the wings, especially high up in the air

3

[V] (of a boat, etc. 小船等) 擦着水面疾驶

to move quickly across water, only just touching the surface

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