2023年6月10日 星期六

taxi, taxiway, runway, tarmac, hangar, Runway robbery




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Runway robbery (此標題以前有人用過)
DUTY-FREE shopping at the airport used to be something most Britons liked as it saved them money. Yet airports are now exploiting their captive market—those...
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Word of the Day:
tarmac (TAHR-mak)

noun
A tarmacadam road or surface, especially an airport runway.

verb tr.
To cause (an aircraft) to sit on a taxiway.

verb intr.
To sit on a taxiway. Used of an aircraft.

Etymology
Originally a trademark.

Usage
"Official predictions suggest that Britain faces a future of rising congestion and pollution, as more countryside disappears under concrete and tarmac." — Driving Britain off the roads, The Economist, Jan 24, 1998.
F-22 Raptors taxiing at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, USA
A taxiway is a path on an airport connecting runways with ramps, hangars, terminals and other facilities. They mostly have hard surface such as asphalt or concrete, although smaller airports sometimes use gravel or grass.
Busy airports typically construct high-speed or rapid-exit taxiways in order to allow aircraft to leave the runway at higher speeds. This allows the aircraft to vacate the runway quicker, permitting another to land or depart in a shorter space of time.



hangar

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Pronunciation: /ˈhaŋə /Definition of hangar in English:

NOUN

large building with an extensive floor area, typically for housing aircraft.

VERB

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House (an aircraft) in a hangar.

Origin

late 17th century (in the sense 'shelter'): from French; probably from Germanic bases meaning 'hamlet' and 'enclosure'.


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