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词汇 air
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air
1. noun
1
a jump while snowboarding US, 1996.
2
in foot-propelled scootering, a jump UK, 2000.
3
air support, air power, bombing. Vietnam war usage US, 1991.
4
in the pornography industry, an ejaculation that cannot be seen leaving the penis and travelling through the air. In a situation which calls for visual proof of the ejaculation, air is not good US, 1995.
5
air brakes on a truck or railway carriage US, 1897.
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the mood created by a person or persons. There is 'good air' and there is 'bad air' US, 1988. get airto be ignored UK, 2005. in the air(used of the flank of an army) unprotected by natural or man-man obstacles US, 1982. leave in the airto abandon someone without support UK, 1948. turn the air blue; make the air turn blueto use obscene or blasphemous language UK, 1890. up in the air(used of a pair in a game of poker) formed with help from the communal face-up cards US, 1992
2. verb
air your bellyto vomit US, 2000
idiomair you could (have) cut the atmosphere/air with a knifeclear the airto discuss a problem, often a personal problem in order to try to solve it or get rid of bad feelings between the people involved:Mel finally tried to clear the air by asking Carla what was bothering her.We need a meeting to clear the air and get these issues down on paper.hot airpurpose used about statements that sound very impressive or exciting but really have no meaning:French men's pride in their prowess as lovers may actually be nothing but hot air, according to a recent study.He said I should join the party to prove that my commitment to ending injustice wasn't just hot air.be in the air1 if a feeling or idea is in the air, everyone seems to be feeling it or thinking about it:There was a hint of panic in the air yesterday as the markets fell to their lowest point this month.It was a week before Christmas, and there was a feeling of festive excitement in the air.2 if an event or change is in the air, people think that it is very likely to happen:It has been in the air for months but now it's official; Bernini is selling off some of his famous art collection.There are rumours that divorce may be in the air for Collins and her latest husband. —compare be up in the airout of thin air(also from thin air)used in order to emphasize that an idea, object, person etc seems to have come from nowhere in particular:Brennan is one of those people who seems to be able to make money out of thin air.She was accused of inventing the incident from thin air.You can't just pluck numbers out of thin air when you're setting the budget.be up in the airused in order to say that something is not yet decided:"What's your schedule for the trip?" "It's still up in the air."Everything's up in the air until we hear what's happening in December. —compare be in the airvanish/disappear into thin airto disappear suddenly in a way that is surprising or difficult to understand:I know I saw the keys on the couch this morning, but they seem to have vanished into thin air.Some of her friends had seen her in town that afternoon - then she had just disappeared into thin air.be walking/floating on airto feel extremely happy, often so that you do not notice anything else:The play just got a great review in New York, so I'm walking on air today.I came home from hospital with the cancer gone, floating on air.
See:
  • (as) free as a bird
  • (as) free as air
  • (as) light as a feather
  • (as) light as air
  • (one's) nose is (always) in the air
  • a bear in the air
  • a breath of fresh air
  • air (one's) belly
  • air (one's) dirty laundry in public
  • air (one's) dirty linen in public
  • air (one's) grievances
  • air (one's) lungs
  • air (one's) opinion
  • air (one's) paunch
  • air (one's) pores
  • air bags
  • air ball
  • air belly
  • air biscuit
  • air dirty linen in public
  • air grievances
  • air guitar
  • air hose
  • air kiss
  • air lungs
  • air of pretension
  • air one out
  • air one’s belly
  • air one’s pores
  • air one's grievances
  • air out
  • air paunch
  • air pores
  • air quotes
  • air rage
  • air-bags
  • airball
  • airhead
  • airheaded
  • airs and graces
  • appear out of thin air
  • appear, etc. out of thin air
  • be floating on air
  • be in the air
  • be left hanging (in the air/in midair)
  • be left hanging in the air
  • be on (the) air
  • be walking on air
  • bear in the air
  • beat the air
  • breath of fresh air
  • breath of fresh air, (like) a
  • build castles in the air
  • castle in the air
  • castles in the air
  • catch air
  • catch big air
  • clear the air
  • clear the air, to
  • come up for air
  • dance on air
  • dead air
  • disappear into thin air
  • disappear, etc. into thin air
  • fire (one's) pistol in the air
  • float an air biscuit
  • float on air
  • float/walk on air
  • free as a bird
  • free as air/as a bird
  • full of hot air
  • gasp for air
  • get some air
  • get the air
  • give (one) the air
  • give (oneself) airs
  • give someone the air
  • give yourself airs
  • give yourself/put on airs
  • gulp for air
  • have (one's) nose in the air
  • have nose in the air
  • hot air
  • in midair
  • in the air
  • in the open air
  • into thin air
  • keep (an amount of) balls in the air
  • keep balls in the air
  • leave (up) in the air
  • leave hanging
  • leave up in the air
  • light as a feather
  • light as air/a feather
  • nip in the air
  • nose in the air, have one's
  • off (the) air
  • off the air
  • on (the) air
  • on air
  • on the air
  • on/off the air
  • one's nose is in the air
  • out of thin air
  • pant for air
  • pluck (something) from the air
  • pluck (something) out of the/thin air
  • pluck something from the air
  • pluck something out of the air
  • pull out of a hat
  • put on airs
  • put on airs, to
  • stick (one's) nose (up) in the air
  • stick nose up in the air
  • take the air
  • the air
  • thin air
  • too many balls in the air
  • tread on air
  • turn the air blue
  • up in the air
  • up in the air about someone/something
  • vanish into thin air
  • vanish into thin air, to
  • walk on air
  • walk on air, to
  • wash one's dirty linen in public
  • wash your dirty linen in public
  • wind pudding and air dip
  • with (one's) nose in the air
  • with your nose in the air
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