Word · Frequency #10597
Boeings
波音客机
Boeings is the plural of boeing.
a Boeing aircraft, especially an airliner
- 1.
An aircraft produced by the Boeing company.
波音公司生产的飞机。
波音公司生产的飞机。；波音(客机)
In use
The airline replaced its old planes with new Boeings.
We boarded a Boeing for our flight to Tokyo.
The pilot has flown Boeings for over ten years.
a Boeing
A Boeing is parked at the gate.
一架波音客机停在登机口。
Boeings
Boeing 是可数名词，复数形式直接加 -s。
The airline operates several Boeings on its long-haul routes.
这家航空公司在长途航线上运营着数架波音客机。
Common mistakes
I took Boeing to New York.I took a Boeing to New York.
Boeing 指波音飞机时是可数名词，前面需要加 a/an 或 the；汉语里说“坐波音”不需要冠词，但英语中 a Boeing 表示一架波音客机，不能省略。
The airport has many Boeing.The airport has many Boeings.
Boeing 的复数是 Boeings，指多架波音飞机时要加 -s；不能把所有的波音飞机都统称为 Boeing 而不变复数。
Connections
Collocations
- Boeing 747
- 波音747（客机）
- She flew on a Boeing 747 from Beijing to New York.她乘坐波音747从北京飞往纽约。
- Boeing aircraft
- 波音飞机
- The airline has ordered twenty new Boeing aircraft.这家航空公司订购了二十架新的波音飞机。
- pilot a Boeing
- 驾驶波音飞机
- He learned to pilot a Boeing at flight school.他在飞行学校学习驾驶波音飞机。
- board a Boeing
- 登上波音飞机
- We boarded the Boeing and found our seats.我们登上波音飞机，找到了座位。
- Boeing jet
- 波音喷气式客机
- The Boeing jet landed safely despite the storm.尽管有暴风雨，这架波音喷气式客机仍然安全着陆。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
Boeing 读起来像“波音”，想象一架波音客机掠过云海，引擎声如波，音浪滚滚。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：航空旅行、民航与航空业、商业航班 “Boeing” 此处指波音公司制造的客机，属于普通名词；在日常口语和正式书面语中都比较常见，多用于航空旅行或航空业场景。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with Boeing: their stressed vowel and following sounds are /oʊɪŋ/. Watch out for 'boing' /bɔɪŋ/, which looks like 'boeing' but has /ɔɪ/ and is one syllable, so it does not rhyme.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.