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supersonic [noun]
supersonic 作定语，常修饰 aircraft、flight、speed 等名词，表示“超音速的”。
The engineers are testing a new supersonic aircraft.
工程师们正在测试一种新型超音速飞机。
超音速的；超声速的
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超音速的；超声速的
greater than the speed of sound in a given medium, especially air
The engineers are testing a new supersonic aircraft.
工程师们正在测试一种新型超音速飞机。
高于声速(在相同介质、相同温度和压力下)。
Greater than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure).
(速度)超过某一介质中(尤其是空气)的音速
(of speed) greater than the speed of sound in a given medium (especially air)
频率高于可听声的
having frequencies above those of audible sound
A supersonic jet can fly faster than sound, so a trip from London to New York takes only about three hours.
超音速喷气式飞机能比声音飞得还快，所以从伦敦到纽约的航程只需三个小时左右。
AI contextual example
The aircraft broke the sound barrier and reached supersonic speed.
这架飞机突破了音障，达到了超音速。
AI contextual example
Supersonic flight creates a loud boom that can annoy people on the ground.
超音速飞行会产生响亮的轰鸣声，可能打扰到地面上的人。
AI contextual example
a supersonic bomber flies so fast that it must release its bombs while the target is still over the horizon
超音速轰炸机飞得太快,必须在目标还在地平线之下时就投下炸弹。
WordNet
supersonic 作定语，常修饰 aircraft、flight、speed 等名词，表示“超音速的”。
The engineers are testing a new supersonic aircraft.
工程师们正在测试一种新型超音速飞机。
at supersonic speed 是固定搭配，意为“以超音速”，speed 也可用复数。
The plane can cruise at supersonic speed.
这架飞机能以超音速巡航。
supersonic 作表语时说明主语具有超音速特性；表示“超声波的”通常用 ultrasonic。
The missile is supersonic throughout its flight.
这枚导弹在整个飞行过程中都是超音速的。
Not this
The plane flew at ultrasonic speed.
Use this
The plane flew at supersonic speed.
supersonic 指超过音速的速度，ultrasonic 指超声波（频率高于人耳可听范围的声音），二者中文都可能译成“超声”，但语义不同，不能互换。
Not this
The plane flew at supersonic.
Use this
The plane flew at supersonic speed.
supersonic 是形容词，不能直接作 at 的宾语；at 后面需要接名词，所以应补上 speed，中文“以超音速”在英文中需用名词短语 supersonic speed。
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超音速
The new fighter can fly at supersonic speed.
这架新战斗机能以超音速飞行。
超音速飞行
Supersonic flight creates a loud sonic boom.
超音速飞行会产生巨大的音爆。
超音速喷气式飞机
The supersonic jet crossed the ocean in under three hours.
这架超音速喷气式飞机不到三小时就飞越了大洋。
超音速飞机
Engineers are designing a new supersonic aircraft.
工程师们正在设计一种新型超音速飞机。
超音速运输机
The supersonic transport was retired after years of service.
这架超音速运输机服役多年后退役了。
以超音速；极快地
The news spread at supersonic speed through the office.
消息以超音速般的速度在办公室里传开。
突破音速；飞速发展
The company's sales went supersonic after the new product launch.
新产品发布后，公司的销售额飞速增长。
超音速增长；迅猛增长
The tech sector has seen supersonic growth in recent years.
近年来，科技行业经历了迅猛增长。
我感觉自己超音速，给我来杯金汤力。
This lyric is from Oasis's classic 1994 song 'Supersonic', a landmark of the Britpop movement.
这句歌词出自绿洲乐队1994年的经典歌曲《Supersonic》，是英伦流行乐运动的里程碑之作。
Use supersonic naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
super(超级)+sonic(声音的)，想象音速小子索尼克跑得比声音还快——超音速的。
语域：neutral 常见场景：航空、物理/声学、科技报道 该词通常用于航空、物理等科技语境，形容速度超过音速；正式或科技报道中比较常见，日常口语偶用作比喻或指超音速飞机。
These words all rhyme with supersonic in General American, sharing the stressed sound /ɑnɪk/: sonic, subsonic, hypersonic, ultrasonic, tonic, chronic. Beware lookalikes that end in -nic but sound different, such as panic /ˈpænɪk/, tunic /ˈtuːnɪk/, and organic /ɔːrˈɡænɪk/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.