airlift
pronunciation
How to pronounce airlift in British English:
UK [ˈeəlɪft]
How to pronounce airlift in American English:
US [ˈerlɪft]
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- Noun:
- transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
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- Verb:
- fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
Word Origin
- airlift (n.)
- also air-lift, 1893 as a type of pumping device; 1945 in the sense "transportation of supplies by air," from air (n.1) + lift (n.). As a verb by 1949; popularized in reference to the response to the West Berlin blockade. Related: Air-lifted; air-lifting.
Example
- 1. The other three are airlift , aerial refueling and humanitarian assistance .
- 2. In the meantime the city has to partly airlift food products .
- 3. Israel is facing its worst crisis with egypt for 30 yearsafter being forced to airlift diplomats and their families to safety during thestorming of its embassy in cairo by a violent mob .
- 4. She was one of thousands of young africans -- including barack obama , sr -- who became part of " the kennedy airlift " to study there .
- 5. U. s. president george bush has authorized an american airlift of equipment for african union and united nations peacekeepers in sudan 's troubled darfur region .