English Dictionary

air

/ɛə̯/

noun

(historical, philosophy, alchemy) understood as one of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans.

The air in the ancient city was filled with the scent of spices and incense.

意味（1）

(historical, philosophy, alchemy) understood as one of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans.

意味（2）

(historical, medicine) understood as a particular local substance with supposed effects on human health.

Jeeves: Foreign travel often liberates emotions best kept in check, sir. The air of North America is notoriously stimulating in this regard, as witness the regrettable behavior of its inhabitants in 1776.

B. Wooster: Hm? What happened in 1776, Jeeves?

Jeeves: Foreign travel often liberates emotions best kept in check, sir. The air of North America is notoriously stimulating in this regard, as witness the regrettable behavior of its inhabitants in 1776. B. Wooster: Hm? What happened in 1776, Jeeves? Jeeves: I prefer not to dwell on it, if it's convenient to you, sir.

意味（3）

(physics) understood as a gaseous mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and various trace gases.

意味（4）

(usually with the) The apparently open space above the ground which this substance fills, (historical) formerly thought to be limited by the firmament but (meteorology) now considered to be surrounded by the near vacuum of outer space.

The flock of birds took to the air.

意味（5）

A breeze; a gentle wind.

意味（6）

A feeling or sense.

to give it an air of artistry and sophistication

意味（7）

A sense of poise, graciousness, or quality.

He is very plain, undoubtedly—remarkably plain:—but that is nothing compared with his entire want of gentility. I had no right to expect much, and I did not expect much; but I had no idea that he could be so very clownish, so totally without air. I had imagined him, I confess, a degree or two nearer gentility.

意味（8）

(usually in the plural) Pretension; snobbishness; pretence that one is better than others.

putting on airs

意味（9）

(music) A song, especially a solo; an aria.

If I, said Mr. Collins, were so fortunate as to be able to sing, I should have great pleasure, I am sure, in obliging the company with an air; for I consider music as a very innocent diversion, and perfectly compatible with the profession of a clergyman[…]

意味（10）

(informal) Nothing; absence of anything.

意味（11）

(countable, uncountable) An air conditioner or the processed air it produces.

Could you turn on the air?

意味（12）

(obsolete, chemistry) Any specific gas.

意味（13）

(snowboarding, skateboarding, motor sports) A jump in which one becomes airborne.

意味（14）

A television or radio signal; (by extension) media broadcasts in general.

Ernst gave a list of political activists who had been denied access to the air by private broadcasters, and pointed out that Secretary Hoover's signature in New York sells for $150,000 to $200,000, thus limiting access to the air on the part of labor unions and other underrepresented groups.

意味（15）

(uncountable) Publicity.