ground crew
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3.3
- noun
- /ɡraʊnd kru/
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- The ground crew has loaded the entombed frozen bodies into the aircrafts and they've taken off, a sight I'm sure many of your viewers will never forget.
- ground crew member
- ground crew chief
- pilots and ground crew
Examples
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The ground crew carefully checked the aircraft for any maintenance issues before takeoff.
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Before the flight, the ground crew performed routine checks on all the systems of the airplane.
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Les and the ground crew watch the plane until it's gone.
Fiction book (1990) -
The ground crew is doing a final check, crawling all over the plane.
Fiction book (1990) -
The ground crew could replace the pumps and the screens tonight.
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A member of the ground crew in a red jumpsuit pointed at me.
Fiction book (1994) -
Les is still standing with the ground crew, but other men have given up hope and are walking back to the barracks.
Fiction book (1990) -
Sergeant Weber insists that you move the ground crew back away from this aircraft immediately.
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Planes are on their individual hardstands, with ground crews crawling over them.
Fiction book (1990) -
In Alabama, the ground crew faced a dense oak-pine forest around the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
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A group of people who work together to do a job, like running a ship or making a film
A team of mechanics who check, fix, and refuel aircraft on the ground
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'group of technicians who service aircraft on the ground' is directly derivable from combining 'ground' (location/on the surface) with 'crew' (a working group). This locative + group compounding is common in English and other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Ground crew comes from the simple image of a team working 'on the ground': the words ground and crew show people who stay with the plane on the ground to help. That's why it means 'the team who take care of and prepare planes at an airport'.