runways

英 [ˈrʌnweɪz]

美 [ˈrʌnˌweɪz]

n.  飞机跑道
runway的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (飞机场的)跑道
  At an airport, therunwayis the long strip of ground with a hard surface which an aeroplane takes off from or lands on.
  1. The plane started taxiing down the runway.
     飞机开始在跑道上滑行。

双语例句

• They're working round the clock to keep the runways clear.
  他们日夜不停地工作，以清除跑道上的障碍。
• We need to rebuild our roads and runways and ports.
  我们需要重建我们的道路、机场和港口。
• And on Monday he offered a plan for "rebuilding and modernizing" America's roads, rails and runways.
  周一，他提出对美国的道路，铁路和河床进行重建和更新的计划。
• Many passengers were left stranded inside planes on runways after the protest began this evening.
  今天晚上开始罢工之后，许多乘客被困在离开跑道陷入困境的飞机里。
• Nevertheless, the rats were easily guided through pipes and across elevated runways and ledges, and could be instructed to climb, or jump from, any surface with a good foothold, such as a tree, the scientists write in nature.
  科学家们在《自然》杂志上写到：不过，老鼠们还是可以在指导下很容易地通过管道，穿过高架跑道和壁架，并且在命令下还可以在树这样有不错的落脚点的平面上跳跃。
• The key development is the production of medium-range cruise and ballistic missiles that will soon give China the option of hitting every major American and allied base in the region with warheads that could put craters in the middle of runways.
  中方的关键发展是生产中程巡航导弹和弹道导弹，它们很快就将让中国有能力打击美国及其盟国在该地区的所有主要基地，它们携带的弹头能够在这些基地的跑道中央炸出大坑。
• Where the deficiencies of the airport lay were in operating areas, notably runways and taxiways.
  这个机场容量不足之处在操作区域，特别是跑道和滑行道。
• The label's runways seem stuck in an Elizabethan bubble, without the sexy-power-woman ethos of its late designer.
  该品牌的时装秀似乎陷入了伊丽莎白风格的泡沫中，失去了已故设计师麦昆在设计中展示的那种性感女性气质。
• Frankfurt's runways were, nevertheless, almost as busy as usual, as the airport served as an emergency parking lot for long-haul flights diverted to the German city.
  尽管如此，由于充当起备降法兰克福的长途航班的紧急停机场，法兰克福机场的跑道几乎与往常一样繁忙。
• Because BAA controls all three airports, it has languidly added runways and terminals where they were easiest to build, on the assumption that people in time would have no choice but to use them.
  由于BAA控制了全部三个机场，他们假定乘客赶时间没有别的选择而只能用他们的机场，很不情愿地增加了跑道和航站楼，而这对他们来说是最容易修建的。