airlineの意味・使い方・発音

airline

英 ['eəlaɪn] 美 ['ɛrlaɪn]

airline (n.): also air-line, 1813, "beeline, straight line between two points on the earth's surface" (as through the air, rather than over terrain; from 1853 and in later 19c. especially in reference to railways that ran directly between big cities in the U.S. instead of meandering from town to town in search of stock subscriptions as early railways typically did), from air (n.1) + line (n.). Meaning "public aircraft transportation company" is from 1914.

1. The airline had losses of$35 m and was bailed out by Qantas.: この航空会社は3500万ドルの損失を計上しているが、カンタス航空が出資して苦境からの脱出を支援している。

2.The drop in travel is bad news for the airline industry.: 観光熱の低下は航空業界にとって悪いニュースだ。

3. The ￡85m programme will involve an extensive rebranding of the airline .: この8500万ポンドのプロジェクトには、航空会社のイメージを全面的に再構築することが含まれます。<／

4.The airline had been screening baggage on X-ray machines.: 航空会社はX線機を用いて荷物の安全検査を行っている。

5.This year the airline will be hard-pressed to make a profit.: 今年、この航空会社は利益を得るのが難しいだろう。