helicopter

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

helicopter UK [ˈhel.ɪˌkɒp.tə r ] US [-ˌkɑːp.tɚ] noun countable [ helicopters ]
<I > a type of aircraft without wings, that has one or two sets of large blades which go round very fast on top. It can land and take off vertically and can stay in one place in the air
• The injured were ferried to hospital by helicopter.
• a helicopter pilot
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters
 
• The helicopter made a drop of much-needed supplies to the stranded hikers.
• The helicopter was hovering above the building.
• I heard the noise of a helicopter hovering overhead.
• The crew of the ship were winched to safety by a rescue helicopter.
• The helicopter stirred up clouds of dust.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  chopper, whirlybird, eggbeater