- (British English also aeroplane)(also airplane especially in North American English)
a flying vehicle with wings and one or more engines 飞机 
a passenger/fighter/military/private plane 客机/战斗机/军用飞机/私人飞机 They boarded the plane and flew to Chicago. 他们登上飞机，飞往芝加哥。 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 in Geneva. 飞机在日内瓦着陆。 to fly a plane 驾驶飞机 - by plane
She left by plane for Berlin. 她乘飞机去柏林了。 a plane ticket 飞机票 a plane crash 飞机坠毁 a plane ride/flight/journey 飞机旅行/飞行/旅行
Homophones plain | planeplain plane- plain adjective
She likes plain food, without sauces or cheese. 她喜欢简单的食物，不加酱汁或奶酪。
- plain noun
Wheat is still grown on the Lombardy plain. 伦巴第平原上仍然种植小麦。
- plane noun
They recently flew into London on a private plane. 他们最近乘私人飞机飞往伦敦。
- plane verb
You may need to plane the surface for a smoother fit. 您可能需要平整表面以获得更平滑的贴合。
Collocations Travel and tourismTravel and tourism 旅游和旅游业 Holidays/vacations 假期 - have/take (British English) a holiday/(North American English) a vacation/a break/a day off/(British English) a gap year
休假；短期休假；休一天假；休空缺年假 - go on/be on holiday/vacation/leave/honeymoon/safari/a trip/a tour/a cruise/a pilgrimage
去／在度假／休假／度蜜月／游猎／旅游／观光／乘船游览／朝圣 - go backpacking/camping/hitchhiking/sightseeing
去背包旅行／露营／搭顺风车旅行／观光游览 - plan a trip/a holiday/a vacation/your itinerary
计划旅行／假期／行程 - book accommodation/a hotel room/a flight/tickets
预订住宿／酒店房间／航班／票 - have/make/cancel a reservation/(especially British English) booking
预订；取消预订 - rent a villa/(both British English) a holiday home/a holiday cottage
租一座度假别墅／一个度假住所／一座度假小别墅 - (especially British English) hire/ (especially North American English) rent a car/bicycle/moped
租借一辆汽车／自行车／摩托自行车 - stay in a hotel/a bed and breakfast/a youth hostel/a villa/(both British English) a holiday home/a caravan
住在酒店／提供住宿和早餐的旅馆／青年旅舍／度假别墅／度假住所／旅行拖车里 - cost/charge $100 a/per night for a single/double/twin/standard/(British English) en suite room
单人房／双人房／标间／套房一晚花费／要价 100 美元 - check into/out of a hotel/a motel/your room
入住／结账离开酒店／汽车旅馆／房间 - pack/unpack your suitcase/bags
把东西装进手提箱／旅行包；取出手提箱／旅行包里的东西 - call/order room service
打电话叫／叫客房服务 - cancel/cut short a trip/holiday/vacation
取消／缩短旅程／假期
Foreign travel 出国旅行 - apply for/get/renew a/your passport
申请／拿到／续签护照 - take out/buy/get travel insurance
获得／购买／取得旅游保险 - catch/miss your plane/train/ferry/connecting flight
赶上／错过飞机／火车／渡船／转乘航班 - fly (in)/travel in business/economy class
乘坐商务／经济舱飞行／旅行 - make/have a brief/two-day/twelve-hour stopover/(North American English also) layover in Hong Kong
在香港作短暂的／两天的／十二小时的中途停留 - experience/cause/lead to delays
遇上／引起／导致延误 - check (in)/collect/get/lose (your) (especially British English) luggage/(especially North American English) baggage
托运／取／弄丢行李 - be charged for/pay excess baggage
被收取／支付超重行李费 - board/get on/leave/get off the aircraft/plane/ship/ferry
上／下飞机／船／渡船 - taxi down/leave/approach/hit/overshoot the runway
在跑道上滑行；离开／接近／降落在／冲出跑道 - experience/hit/encounter severe turbulence
遇到强烈的气流 - suffer from/recover from/get over your jet lag/travel sickness
遭受时差反应／晕车；从时差反应／晕车恢复过来；克服时差反应／晕车
The tourist industry 旅游业 - attract/draw/bring tourists/visitors
吸引游客 - encourage/promote/hurt tourism
鼓励／促进／损害旅游业 - promote/develop ecotourism
促进／发展生态旅游 - build/develop/visit a tourist/holiday/(especially British English) seaside/beach/ski resort
建立／开发／参观旅游／假日／海滨／海滩／滑雪胜地 - work for/be operated by a major hotel chain
就职于一家大型连锁酒店；由一家大型连锁酒店经营 - be served by/compete with low-cost/(especially North American English) low-fare/budget airlines
由廉价航空公司提供服务；与廉价航空公司竞争 - book something through/make a booking through/use a travel agent
通过旅行社预订；经旅行社代办 - contact/check with your travel agent/tour operator
联系旅行社；向旅行社咨询 - book/be on/go on a package deal/holiday/tour
预订／进行／去包价旅游 - buy/bring back (tacky/overpriced) souvenirs
购买／带回（低劣的／定价过高的）纪念品
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by aira1I've never flown in a plane. 我从未乘坐过飞机。 She caught the first plane out. 她乘第一班飞机走了。 The Soviets shot down our U-2 spy plane. 苏联人击落了我们的 U-2 间谍飞机。 The plane was carrying 350 people. 飞机上载有 350 名乘客。 The plane was cruising at 20 000 feet. 飞机在 2 万英尺的高度巡航。 The president was never on the plane at all. 总统根本就没有上过这架飞机。 We left by plane for Beijing. 我们乘飞机前往北京。 a military cargo plane 军用运输机 the first generation of passenger planes, like the Boeing 707 第一代客机，如波音 707
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- light
- small
- commercial
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- catch
- get
- take
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- take off
- come down
- land
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- crash
- ticket
- by plane
- in a/the plane
- on a/the plane
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geometry 几何 any flat or level surface, or an imaginary flat surface through or joining material objects 平面 the horizontal/vertical plane 水平／垂直平面 We may describe uniquely any point in a plane by an ordered pair of numbers, called coordinates. 我们可以用一对有序的数来唯一地描述平面上的任何一点，称为坐标。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- flat
- horizontal
- parallel
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a level of thought, existence or development （思想、存在或发展的）水平，程度，阶段，境界 With practice, an athlete can reach a higher plane of achievement. 通过练习，运动员可以取得更好的成绩。 They seem to exist on a different spiritual plane. 他们似乎生活在不同的精神境界。 Like all talented musicians, he operates on a different plane from most people. 像所有的天才音乐家一样，他与大多数人处在不同的层次上。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- higher
- mental
- spiritual
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- be on a different plane
- operate on a different plane
a tool with a blade (= sharp metal part) set in a flat surface, used for making the surface of wood smooth by cutting very thin layers off it 木工刨；刨子
Word Originnoun sense 1 early 20th cent.: shortened form. noun senses 2 to 3 early 17th cent.: from Latin planum ‘flat surface’, neuter of the adjective planus ‘plain’. The adjective was suggested by French plan(e) ‘flat’. The word was introduced to differentiate the geometrical senses, previously expressed by plain, from its other meanings. noun sense 4 Middle English: from a variant of obsolete French plaine ‘planing instrument’, from late Latin plana (in the same sense), from Latin planare ‘make level’, from planus ‘plain, level’.