English Dictionary

aerial

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɛɹ.i.əl/

形容詞

Living or taking place in the air. / (now literary or historical) Made up of air or gas; gaseous. / Positioned high up; elevated. / Ethereal, insubstantial; imaginary.

日本語の意味

空中に存在する、または空中で起こる / 空気またはガスで構成されている（今や文学的または歴史的な表現） / 高所に位置する、または高い位置にある / 非現実的な、実体のない、想像上の

Aerial insects danced above the meadow at dusk, catching tiny prey.

空中に生息する昆虫たちが夕暮れ時に草地の上で舞い、小さな獲物を捕らえていた。

意味（1）

Living or taking place in the air.

The seabirds put on an astonishing aerial display.

意味（2）

(now literary or historical) Made up of air or gas; gaseous.

A soul … was first conceived to be an aerial, or an igneous substance, which animates the body during life, and makes its escape at death ….

意味（3）

Positioned high up; elevated.

The aerial photographs clearly showed the damage caused by the storm.

意味（4）

Ethereal, insubstantial; imaginary.

the great Recompence in view, for which the most exalted Minds have with so much Alacrity, sacrifis'd their Quiet, Health, sensual Pleasures, and every inch of themselves, has never been any thing else but the Breath of Man, the Aerial Coyn of Praise.

意味（5）

Pertaining to the air or atmosphere; atmospheric.

意味（6）

(aviation) Pertaining to a vehicle which travels through the air; airborne; relating to or conducted by means of aircraft.

In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.

意味（7）

(botany) Above the ground

more aerial （ comparative ）

most aerial （ superlative ）