hovercraft

The hovercraft travelled first over the water, then mounted the beach, climbed up the dune and sat down on a road.

气垫船先是在水面上行驶，后又登上海岸，爬上沙丘，最后停在路上。

The only one hovercraft was turned out a day.

过去一天只生产一只气垫船。

A hovercraft is like a boat, but it does not float directly on the water: it floats on a cushion of air.

气垫船就像一只普通的船，但它不直接浮在水上：它浮在一层气垫上。

Many strange new means of transport have been developed in our century, the strangest of them being perhaps the hovercraft.

在我们这个世纪内研制了许多新奇的交通工具，其中最奇特的也许就是气垫船了。

Think of the great machines of war, and the hovercraft is perhaps not the first that springs to mind.

想想战争中使用过的大型战舰，首先浮入你脑海的可能并不会是气垫艇。

The hovercraft will be deployed on the new Type 071 landing platform dock (LPD), which can carry up to four hovercraft.

这艘新船将部署新型071船坞登陆平台（两栖船坞登陆舰），可携带多达四个气垫船。

Hovercraft will therefore be able to embark and disembark easily.

气垫船因此可以轻松上船和离船。

A big hovercraft can carry two or three hundred passengers and thirty or forty cars.

一艘大的气垫船能运载两、三百名乘客和三、四十辆汽车。

This hovercraft has ducted fans which provide lift and propulsion instead of the sometimes-dangerous rotor blades of other flying machines.

这种气垫飞行器具有管式风扇，提供升空和推进的动力，而非像其它飞行器的旋转翼有时会造成危险。

And a modern hovercraft can carry an Abrams tank, America's heaviest, at a speed of 40 knots.

一艘现代的气垫船可以40节的速度运载一辆美国最重型的艾布拉姆斯坦克。

in that the Hovercraft can move straight upwards like a helicopter.

气垫飞行器优于飞机的地方是它能像直升飞机那样直上飞行。

This spray was thrown up from the sea when the air rushed downwards under the hovercraft and struck the water.

当空气在气垫船下面急速冲击水面时，从海里卷起了浪花。

The hovercraft proved to be a failure mainly because of its power system.

气垫车失败的主要原因在于其动力系统。

Which one of the following statements is TRUE of the hovercraft?

下列哪个陈述是关于气垫车的正确描述？

the term "ship" covers any kind of ship, vessel, barge, lighter or hovercraft, excluding ships of war.

“船舶”一词包括任何种类的船舶、驳船、港内驳船或气垫船，但军舰除外。

various types of hovercraft have appeared and taken up regular service.

各种各样的气垫船出现了并开始了定期航行服务。

Hovercraft is safe as houses, even if the engine broke down there's no danger of sinking.

气垫船像房子一样安全，即使是发动机出故障，也没有沉没的危险。

These days many people take their cars across the Channel on a hovercraft.

现在许多人用气垫船把汽车运过海峡。

The engineer showed us the diagram of the hovercraft.

那位工程师给我们看了气垫船的示意图。

the strangest of them being perhaps the hovercraft.

其中最新奇的要数气垫船了。