- [countable]
a plane driven by jet engines 喷气式飞机 a jet aircraft/fighter/airliner 喷气式飞机／战斗机／客机 The accident happened as the jet was about to take off. 事故是在喷气式飞机正要起飞时发生的。 He flew to Bermuda in his private jet. 他乘自己的私人喷气式飞机飞到了百慕大。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- jumbo
- supersonic
- regional
- …
- fly
- pilot
- charter
- …
- fly
- take off
- land
- …
- aircraft
- airliner
- airplane
- …
- by jet
- in a/the jet
- [countable]
a strong narrow stream of gas, liquid or flame that comes very quickly out of a small opening. The opening is also called a jet. 喷射流；喷射口；喷嘴 The pipe burst and jets of water shot across the room. 管子爆裂，一股股水从屋子这头喷到那头。 to clean the gas jets on the cooker 把煤气灶的气嘴擦干净 Little jets of steam spurted from the engine. 发动机喷出一股股细小的蒸汽。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- air
- gas
- water
- …
- jet of
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a hard black mineral that can be polished and is used in jewellery 煤玉；黑玉；黑色大理石；贝褐碳 jet beads 喷射珠
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 2 late 16th cent. (as a verb meaning ‘jut out’): from French jeter ‘to throw’, based on Latin jactare, frequentative of jacere ‘to throw’. noun sense 3 Middle English: from Old French jaiet, from Latin Gagates, from Greek gagatēs ‘from Gagai’, a town in Asia Minor.