plane /pleɪn/ CET4 TEM4 ( planing, planed, planes )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A plane is a vehicle with wings and one or more engines that can fly through the air. 飞机

  例：

  He had plenty of time to catch his plane.

  他有足够多的时间赶飞机。

  例：

  Her mother was killed in a plane crash.

  她的母亲死于一次飞机失事。

• 2. 

  V to fly without moving wings or using engines; glide 滑翔; 滑行

• 3. 

  N-COUNT A plane is a flat, level surface that may be sloping at a particular angle. (可能有坡度的) 平面

  例：

  ...a building with angled planes.

  …一幢外观有一定坡度的建筑物。

• 4. 

  N-SING If a number of points are in the same plane, one line or one flat surface could pass through them all. 平面

  例：

  All the planets orbit the Sun in roughly the same plane, around its equator.

  所有行星基本在同一个平面上围绕太阳赤道运转。

• 5. 

  ADJ level or flat 平的; 平坦的

• 6. 

  N-COUNT A plane is a tool that has a flat bottom with a sharp blade in it. You move the plane over a piece of wood in order to remove thin pieces of its surface. 刨子

• 7. 

  V-T If you plane a piece of wood, you make it smaller or smoother by using a plane. 刨

  例：

  She watches him plane the surface of a walnut board.

  她看着他刨一块胡桃木板。

• 8. 

  N-COUNT A plane or a plane tree is the same as a sycamore. 悬铃木