plane
US: /ˈpɫeɪn/
UK: /plˈeɪn/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
plane /plein/- danh từ
- (thực vật học) cây tiêu huyền ((cũng) plane-tree, platan)
- cái bào
- ngoại động từ
- bào (gỗ, kim loại...)
- (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) làm bằng phẳng, san bằng
- to plane the way: san bằng con đường
- to plane away
- to plane down
- bào nhẵn
- to plane down
- danh từ
- mặt, mặt bằng, mặt phẳng
- inclinedn plane: mặt nghiêng
- cánh máy bay; máy bay
- mặt tinh thể
- (ngành mỏ) đường chính
- (nghĩa bóng) mức, trình độ
- plane of thought: trình độ tư tưởng
- plane of knowledge: trình độ hiểu biết
- on the same as animals: ở cùng một mức như thú vật, không khác gì thú vật
- mặt, mặt bằng, mặt phẳng
- nội động từ
- đi du lịch bằng máy bay
- (+ down) lướt xuống (máy bay)
- tính từ
- bằng, bằng phẳng
- (toán học) phẳng
- plane figure: hình phẳng
Advanced English dictionary
noun, adjective, verb+ noun
1 (BrE also aeroplane) (AmE also airplane) a flying vehicle with wings and one or more engines: She left by plane for Berlin. + a plane crash + I caught the next plane to Dublin. + The plane took off an hour late. + The plane landed at Geneva. + They boarded the plane and flew to Chicago.
2 (geometry) any flat or level surface, or an imaginary flat surface through or joining material objects: the horizontal / vertical plane + We may describe uniquely any point in a plane by an ordered pair of numbers, called coordinates.
3 a level of thought, existence or development: to reach a higher plane of achievement + They seem to exist on a different spiritual plane.
4 a tool with a blade set in a flat surface, used for making the surface of wood smooth by shaving very thin layers off it
+ adjective [only before noun] (technical) completely flat; level: a plane surface
+ verb
1 to make a piece of wood smoother or flatter with a plane: [VN] Plane the surface down first. + [VN-ADJ] Then plane the wood smooth.
2 [V] (of a bird) to fly without moving the wings, especially high up in the air: Gulls swooped and planed overhead.
3 [V] (of a boat, etc.) to move quickly across water, only just touching the surface: The boat planed past in clouds of spray.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 flat or level (surface):
The lines meet in the same plane.
2 aeroplane, aircraft, airliner, jet (plane):
I caught the next plane for Marrakesh.
adj.
3 flat, even, level, smooth, plain, regular, unbroken, uninterrupted, uniform, horizontal:
We landed on the plane surface of the glacier.
v.
4 glide, skim, skate, skid, slip, slide:
I swiftly planed along on my sailboard.
Collocation
1 aeroplane
ADJ.
private
VERB + PLANE
catch, get, take
She caught the first plane out.
| miss | board, get on | get off, step off
I fell in love with the city the moment I stepped off the plane.
| fly, pilot | charter
PLANE + VERB
take off | come down, land | crash | cruise, fly | carry sb/sth
The plane was carrying 350 people.
PLANE + NOUN
crash, disaster
PREP.
by ~
We left by plane for Peking.
| in a/the ~
I've never flown in a plane.
| on a/the ~
The president was never on the plane at all.
2 flat surface
ADJ.
horizontal, parallel, vertical
3 standard/level of thought/activity
ADJ.
higher
With practice, an athlete can reach a higher plane of achievement.
| mental, mystical, spiritual
PHRASES
be/exist/function/operate on a different plane
Like all talented musicians, he operates on a different plane from most people.
Concise dictionary
planes|planed|planingpleɪnnoun
+an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
+(mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape
+a level of existence or development
+a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood
+a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood
verb
+cut or remove with or as if with a plane
+travel on the surface of water
+make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane
adj.
+having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
