helicopter
US: /ˈhɛɫɪˌkɑptɝ/
UK: /hˈɛlɪkˌɒptɐ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
helicopter /'helikɔptə/- danh từ
- máy bay lên thẳng
Advanced English dictionary
(also informal copter, chopper)+ noun
an aircraft without wings that has large blades on top that go round. It can fly straight up from the ground and can also stay in one position in the air: He was rushed to the hospital by helicopter. + a police helicopter + a helicopter pilot
Collocation
ADJ.
air force, military, police | civilian, private | rescue | model
VERB + HELICOPTER
fly
He flew helicopters during the Gulf War.
HELICOPTER + VERB
fly | hover
The helicopter hovered above the air strip.
| take off | land | crash | carry sb
a helicopter carrying troops
HELICOPTER + NOUN
flight | pad | pilot | gunship
PREP.
by ~
The victims were flown to hospital by helicopter.
| in a/the ~
There were three people in the helicopter when it crashed.
Concise dictionary
helicopters'helɪkɑptə(r) /-kɒp-noun
+an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades
