airline

airline — 名詞

1. a company whose business is flying people or cargo from one place to another usi

1.名詞B1
釋義

航空公司

用飛機載客貨的公司

a company whose business is flying people or cargo from one place to another using its own planes, usually on a fixed timetable.

例句

Beatriz booked her flight to Tokyo with a budget airline to save money.

Beatriz為了省錢，訂了一家廉價航空公司的班機飛東京。

collocation: budget airline

The airline canceled all flights from Taipei after a strong typhoon hit the coast.

強烈颱風侵襲沿岸後，這家航空公司取消了所有從台北出發的航班。

subject pattern: the airline + action verb

常見搭配
  • budget airline
  • low-cost airline
  • national airline
  • major airline
  • regional airline
同義詞
  • carrier

    more formal industry term, often in news reports (e.g. 'low-cost carrier')

  • air carrier

    technical/regulatory wording used in aviation documents

  • flag carrier

    specifically the main national airline of a country

文法句型

a [name] airline

[name] Airlines (proper noun)

用法筆記

Often used with the company's name as a proper noun (China Airlines, Singapore Airlines), where the plural form 'Airlines' is part of the brand. As a common noun it is countable and takes 'a/an' or 'the'.

常見錯誤

I flew with airline yesterday.
I flew with an airline yesterday.
'airline' is countable, so use 'a/an' or name a specific company.
The airline pilot drove the plane safely.
The airline pilot flew the plane safely.
pilots fly planes; 'drive' is for ground vehicles.

同根字

  • airliner
    名詞B2
  • airlines
    名詞B1

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • airline industry
  • airline ticket
  • airline passenger
  • airline pilot
  • airline crew
  • airline staff

常用片語

  • the airline industry
  • an airline employee
  • airline customer service

介系詞搭配

  • fly with [an airline]
  • work for [an airline]
  • book with [an airline]