airlift
英 ['eəlɪft]
美 ['ɛrlɪft]
英語の語源
- airlift (n.)
- also air-lift, 1893 as a type of pumping device; 1945 in the sense "transportation of supplies by air," from air (n.1) + lift (n.). As a verb by 1949; popularized in reference to the response to the West Berlin blockade. Related: Air-lifted; air-lifting.
例文
- 1. President Garcia has ordered an airlift of food，medicines and blankets.
- ガルシア大統領は食品、薬物、毛布の空輸を命じた。
- 2.The German authorities are considering an airlift if the situation becomes critical.
- 事態が危篤化すれば、ドイツ当局は空輸の実施を検討する。
- 3.The airlift was conducted in force ten winds.
- 空輸は、10段の強風の中で行われた。
- 4.An airlift was organized immediately for the relief of the flood victims.
- 直ちに航空輸送を組織し、水害に見舞われた難民を救助した。
- 5.The United States is Making preparations for a large-scale airlift of 1200 American citizens.
- 米国は、1200人の米国国民を輸送する大規模な空輸に備えている。
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