| صيغ مركبة |
| air ambulance | n | (aircraft for medical emergencies) | طائرة إسعاف |
| Helicopters were used as air ambulances during the Vietnam War. |
| air attack | n | (bombing or strafing by plane) | غارة جوية |
| As the Second World War neared its end, many German cities faced Allied air attacks. |
| air brake | n | (machinery: pneumatic brake) | مكبح هوائي |
| air bubble | n | (pocket of air in a liquid) | فقاعة هوائية |
| That little pump creates hundreds of air bubbles in the aquarium. |
| air cargo | n | (freight carried by a plane) | شحن جوي |
| That airline charges $5.00 a pound for air cargo. |
| air cargo | n | (mode of transport: air freight) | نقل جوي |
| air conditioner | n | (device for cooling the air) | مكيّف تبريد هوائي |
| The air conditioner was broken, so I turned on the fan. |
| air conditioning | n | (system for cooling the air) | تكييف هوائي، تبريد |
| I only turn on the air conditioning on the hottest days. |
| air conditioning unit | n | (air-cooling system) | وحدة تكييف |
| The repairman will arrive between 1-4pm today to fix your air conditioning unit. |
| air filter | n | (filter that removes dust from air) | جهاز تنقية الهواء |
| air flow | n | (current, movement of air) | تيار هوائي |
| The air flow of this oxygen concentrator is 3 liters a minute. |
| air force | n | (military aviation unit) | سلاح الجو |
| air freight | n | (transport of goods by plane) | شحن جوي |
| air freshener | n | (product that combats odours) | ملطف أو منعش للجو |
| I sprayed the room with air freshener to cover the dog's smell. |
| air gun | n | (pellet rifle) | مسدس هوائي |
| air hammer | n | (tool: pneumatic hammer) | مطرقة هوائية |
| The construction crew had to use an air hammer to break up the concrete walkway. |
| air horn | n | (loud pneumatic horn) | بوق هوائي |
| When there is fog, ships sound their air horns to gauge their positions. |
| air hostess | n | dated (female airline steward) | مضيفة طيران |
| The air hostess served drinks to the passengers on the flight. |
| The more current term for air hostess is flight attendant. |
| air intake | n | (ventilation system aperture ) | فتحة شفط |
| The air intake filter is dirty and needs to be replaced. |
| air intake | n | (motor or carburettor opening for air used in combustion) | فتحة هوائية في غرفة الاحتراق |
| The air intake valve on that engine seems to be clogged. |
| air leak | n | (escape of air) | تسرب هوائي |
| Better check the pressure in that tire. I think it has a slow air leak. |
| air lock | n | (airtight chamber) | غرفة محكمة الإغلاق |
| On submarines and space shuttles there are air locks so that the air in them stays inside when someone goes out. |
| air marshal | n | (security agent who rides airplanes) | شرطي الطائرة |
| air mattress | n | (inflatable mattress: for sleeping) | مرتبة هوائية |
| You'll need an air mattress when we go camping in the mountains. |
| We pump up an air mattress for our house guests as we don't have a spare bed. |
| air mattress | n | US (air bed, lilo: for swimming pool) | سرير هوائي للسباحة |
| I love floating on an air mattress. |
| air out | vtr | (aerate, expose to air) | يتعرض للهواء |
| When spring comes, we air out all the heavy winter blankets. |
| air out | vtr | (discuss openly, as differences of opinion) | يناقش بحرية |
| | | يصارح |
| John and Mary aired out their differences at the marriage counselor's office. |
| air pocket | n | (current of air) | جيب هوائي، مطب |
| When the plane hit an air pocket, the turbulence knocked the flight attendants off their feet. |
| air pocket | n | (air trapped in liquid) | جيب هوائي في السائل |
| She survived in an air pocket under the capsized boat. |
| air pollution | n | (contamination of the atmosphere) | تلوث الجو |
| Toxic emissions from factories have increased air pollution. |
| air pressure | n | (atmospheric pressure) | ضغط الهواء |
| Masses of high and low air pressure create the weather on Earth. |
| air pressure | n | (measure of atmospheric pressure) | قياس ضط الهواء |
| The current temperature is -1, and the air pressure is 1016 millibars. |
| air pump | n | (device for inflating tyres) | منفاخ هواء |
| To inflate our car tires, we use the air pump at the gas station instead of the bicycle pump at home. |
| air pump | n | (device for compressing air) | جهاز ضغط الهواء |
| air rifle | n | (pneumatic gun) | بندقية هوائية |
| You could shoot your eye out with that air rifle if you're not careful. |
| air shaft | n | US (vertical passage in a mine or building) | نفق عمودي لتهوية المناجم |
| In my apartment, half the windows look out onto the street and half into the air shaft. |
| air speed | n | (speed in relation to air) | سرعة الهواء |
| air strike | n | (military: aerial attack) | ضربة جوية، غارة جوية |
| The military conducted an air strike on the enemy base. |
| air strike | n | (airline work stoppage) | إضراب عمال الطيران |
| air taxi | n | (small for-hire passenger aircraft) | طائرة صغيرة للأجرة |
| There is regular air taxi service across the Strait of Juan de Fuca between Vancouver and Victoria. |
| air traffic | n | (aircraft when flying) | خط طيران |
| Air traffic depends on airport controllers who know how to read radar information. |
| air transport | n | (use of aircraft for travel or cargo movement) | نقل جوي |
| The goods were packed and shipped today for air transport to Taipei. |
| air transport | n | (aircraft used for travel or cargo movement) | نقل أو شحن جوي |
| air travel | n | (making journeys by plane) | السفريات الجوية |
| Air travel is no longer the journey of wonderment it was fifty years ago. |
| air valve | n | (device that controls the release of air) | صمام هوائي |
| air-conditioned, air conditioned | adj | (equipped with air-cooling system) | مكيّف، مجهز بأجهزة تكييف هوائي |
| ملاحظة: hyphen omitted when term is an adj after a noun |
| The hotel said that for a few more dollars we could have an air-conditioned room. |
| air-cooled | adj | (engine: cooled by circulating air) | مكيّف هوائياً |
| Most motorcycles have air-cooled engines. |
| Volkswagen was one of the first cars with an air-cooled engine. |
| air-dried | adj | (dried by exposure to air) | مجفف بواسطة الهواء |
| air-drying | adj | (that dries by exposure to air) | مجفف بواسطة الهواء |
| air-raid shelter | n | (shelter against bomb attacks) | ملجأ للغارات |
| During the Cold War, many American's built air-raid shelters in their backyards. |
| air-sea rescue | n | (emergency service at sea) | خدمة الطوارىء البحرية |
| air-to-air | adj | (weapon: fired by one aircraft at another) | صواريخ جو-جو |
| air-to-ground | adj | (weapon: fired by aircraft at land) | صواريخ جو-أرض |
| air-to-surface | adj | (weapon: fired by aircraft at land or sea) | صوارسخ جو-أرض |
| air-traffic control | n | (ground based direction of airplanes ) | مراقبة الملاحة الجوية |
| air-traffic controller | n | (sb who directs airplanes ) | مراقب ملاحة جوية |
| The air-traffic controller directed the plane to a runway. |
| breath of air | n | literal (inhalation) | تنفس، استنشاق |
| The paramedics administered oxygen because Sara was fighting for every breath of air. |
| breath of air | n | figurative (sth refreshingly different) | شيء منعش |
| breath of fresh air | n | (a new idea ) | فكرة منعشة |
| The new manager was like a breath of fresh air in a stale workplace. |
| clear the air | v | figurative (resolve tensions) | يزيل التوترات |
| After our dreadful argument the day before, he telephoned me to apologise and to clear the air, after which I felt much happier. |
| clear the air | vtr | literal (remove dust, pollutants) | ينظف من الغبار |
| The machine is designed to clear the air of dust and pollen. |
| compressed air | n | (pressurized air) | هواء مضغوط |
| expose sth to the air | vi | (uncover sth) | يكشف |
| fresh air | n | (clean, outdoor air) | هواء نقي |
| hot air | n | literal (air that has been heated) | كلام فارغ ، هراء |
| The hot air from the ovens made the kitchen very warm. |
| hot air | n | figurative (empty boasting) | تباهي مزيف |
| You shouldn't take his stories too seriously - most of what he says is just hot air. |
| hot-air balloon, hot air balloon | n | (air-travel balloon powered by heated air) | بالون حراري |
| Each year in Albuquerque, hundreds of hot air balloons may be seen in the air for the International Balloon Fiesta. |
| hot-air balloon | n | (large passenger balloon) | منطاد هوائي |
| Have you ever been for a ride in a hot-air balloon? |
| The trouble with hot-air balloons is that it is hard to control where you land. |
| in the air | adv | literal (flying, in flight) | جواً، في الجو |
| When I last flew from New York to London we were only in the air for five hours. |
| in the air | adv | figurative (having a visible effect) | واضح الأثر |
| The birds were singing and there was a feeling of spring in the air. |
| in the open air | adv | (outdoors) | في الهواء الطلق |
| Food always tastes better when eaten in the open air. |
| movement of air | n | (air current) | تيار هوائي |
| I need to go out into the garden as there is no movement of air inside this house. |
| naval air station | n | (military airbase for the navy) | محطة بحرية |
| There are two F/A-18 Fighter Squadrons located at the Naval Air Station. |
| on the air | adv | (being broadcast) | على الهواء مباشرة |
| My favorite program is on the air on Sundays at nine. |
| Ssh! We're on the air, and the whole world can hear you cough. |
| open air, open-air | n | (outdoors) | في الهواء الطلق |
| ملاحظة: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun |
| I love swimming in an open-air pool. |
| Food always tastes better when eaten in the open air. |
| open-air theatre, US: open-air theater | n | (outdoor auditorium) | مسرح في الهواء الطلق |
| They are performing Shakespeare plays at the open-air theatre this summer. |
| stream of air | n | (flow or jet of wind) | تدفق الهواء |
| I opened the window and a stream of air rushed into the room. |
| take off the air | v | (stop broadcasting sth) | يتوقف عن البث |
| Howard Stern's radio program was taken off the air for a while because he offended some listeners. |
| up in the air | adj | informal, figurative (uncertain) | غير مؤكَّد |
| We may spend Christmas in Paris or Rome; our plans are still up in the air. |
| up in the air | adv | informal, figurative (in a state of uncertainty) | في وضع غير مؤكد |
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