airport

airport — noun

1. a large area with runways, terminal buildings, and check-in counters where passe

1.名詞A2
釋義

a large area with runways, terminal buildings, and check-in counters where passengers board planes and where flights arrive from other cities or countries.

例句

Linnea arrived at the airport three hours before her flight to Tokyo.

at the airport + time before flight

Heavy snow closed the airport, so hundreds of travellers slept on the floor near the gates.

同義詞
  • airfield

    smaller landing area, often without big terminals or commercial flights

  • airbase

    military version, used by air forces rather than civilian passengers

  • aerodrome

    older British/technical word for any place where planes take off and land

文法句型

at the airport

to/from the airport

用法筆記

Almost always preceded by 'the' when referring to a specific airport already known from context (the airport / Heathrow Airport). Use 'an airport' only when introducing one for the first time or speaking generally.

常見錯誤

❌I will go to airport tomorrow.
✅I will go to the airport tomorrow.
💡singular countable nouns need an article.
❌The plane landed in the airport.
✅The plane landed at the airport.
💡use 'at' for a specific location point, not 'in'.