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Word List: Air traffic
- porter, porters [pɔː(r)tə(r)]
(noun) - Definition:
- a carriage used to carry and transport luggage and other objects
- Example:
- By the time I reached the train station I was exhausted, but fortunately there was a porter to carry my luggage.
- flight, flights [flaɪt]
(noun) - Definition:
- the act of flying through the air; a journey made by an air craft, e.g. a balloon, plane or space shuttle
- Example:
- The flight to Paris leaves at 7 o'clock tonight.
- waiting room, waiting rooms
(noun) - Definition:
- a room in some public place for people to wait
- Example:
- Is there a waiting room at London Heathrow Airport?
- luggage [ˈlʌgɪdʒ]
(uncountable noun) - Definition:
- the bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings and the contents of such containers
- Example:
- How many pieces of luggage do you have?
- runway, runways [ˈrʌnweɪ]
(noun) - Definition:
- an airstrip, a (usually) paved section on which planes land or take off
- Example:
- Their plane has just landed on the runway.
- escalator, escalators [ˈɛs.kə.leɪ.tə]
(noun) - Definition:
- a motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another
- Example:
- Do you want to take the escalator or the elevator?
- cockpit, cockpits
(noun) - Definition:
- the space for pilot and crew in a helicopter, aircraft, boat or spacecraft
- Example:
- Passengers are not allowed into the cockpit.
- airport, airports [ˈeɪrpɔrt]
(noun) - Definition:
- a place where airplanes can take off and land, including one or more runways and one or more passenger terminals
- Example:
- Last time they had to book an airport transfer.
- gate, gates [ɡeɪt]
(noun) - Definition:
- at the airport a point of entry to the plane
- Example:
- Passengers flying to New York, please go to gate 8.
- plane, planes [pleɪn]
(noun) - Definition:
- a powered heavier-than air aircraft with fixed wings
- Example:
- We will go to Florida by plane.
- on the plane
(Chunk) - Example:
- We are on the plane to England.
- get off the plane
(Chunk) - Example:
- We will get off the plane in England.
- jet, jets [ˈʤɛt]
(noun) - Definition:
- a class of airplane using jet engines rather than propellors
- Example:
- She had never been inside a jet before.
- pilot, pilots [ˈpīlət]
(noun) - Definition:
- a person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft/a plane
- Example:
- The pilot welcomes the flight passengers.
- stewardess, stewardesses [ˈstyoōərdis]
(noun) - Definition:
- a female flight attendant
- Example:
- The stewardess offers drinks.
- steward, stewards [ˈstyoōərd]
(noun) - Definition:
- a male flight attendant
- Example:
- There were two stewards on the plane.
- terminal, terminals [ˈtərmɪnəl]
(noun) - Definition:
- a building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes
- Example:
- Inside the terminal are many gates.
- helicopter, helicopters [ˈhɛl.iˌkɒp.tə(ɹ)]
(noun) - Definition:
- an aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land
- Example:
- We flew over the city in a helicopter.
Source: http://www.learning-english-online.net/areas/vocabulary/public-life/transportation/air-traffic/
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