airport

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air·port /ˈeəpɔːt $ ˈerpɔːrt/ S3 W3 noun [countableC]

TTAa place where planes take off and land, with buildings for passengers to wait in 机场，航空站[港] → airfield

The plane landed at Heathrow Airport.

飞机降落在希思罗机场。

Her family went to see her off at the airport.

她的家人去机场送她。

n THESAURUS

terminal a big building where people wait to get onto planes

The airline uses terminal 4.

Smoking is prohibited inside the terminal building.

runway a long hard surface on which aircraft land and take off

The plane was taxiing along the runway.

the tarmac an area covered with tarmac outside airport buildings

He stepped off the plane onto the tarmac.

check-in (desk) a place where you report your arrival at an airport

departure lounge the place where you wait until your plane is ready to leave

departure gate the place you go through to get on your plane

Will passengers for flight BA670 please go to the departure gate.

baggage reclaim (also baggage claim) American EnglishAmE the place where you collect your cases and bags after a flight

immigration the place where officials check the documents of everyone entering the country

Be prepared for long queues at immigration.

customs the place where your bags are checked for illegal goods when you enter a country

We had our bags checked at customs.

Examples from the Corpus

airport• Because businesses were shut and airports were closed, the volume of mail was below normal, Groff said.• Tours, very much recommended, can be arranged at either airport.• The month's first action on arriving in Britain was to rush her child to the airport doctor.• Air fare is not included to the airport in Burlington.• And the bird's standard evasive tactic is ill-suited to the airport.• I will drive you to the airport.• He begged permission to look inside it, which the airport authorities granted, knowing that he could neither fly nor navigate.

From Longman Business Dictionary

airportair·port /ˈeəpɔːtˈerpɔːrt/ noun [countableC]

a place where planes fly to and from, that has buildings for passengers to wait in and for cargo

The site for the new airport has yet to be decided.

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