narrow-body aircraft
- noun
- Specialized
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aeronave de fuselaje estrecho
- Many airlines are adding more narrow-body aircraft to their fleets to meet the rising demand for short-haul travel.
Examples
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Those new narrow-body aircraft from China and Russia portend an encroachment in the very large market now shared by Boeing's 737 and Airbus's A320.
Academic text (2010) -
These so-called golden engines are in the 15,000 to 32,000-pound thrust range and are installed primarily on narrow-body aircraft.
Academic text (2010) -
The narrow-body aircraft can efficiently transport passengers on quick flights between regional cities.
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Due to their design, narrow-body aircraft generally have a single aisle and are easier to board with fewer passengers.
Synonyms
58
2.6
A large plane used by airlines to carry many passengers
17
3.5
A large plane with jet engines that carries people between cities
A plane with one aisle used for short or medium flights
An airplane with one aisle that airlines often use on short or domestic flights
Antonyms
How Big
- Specialized
1
3.2
- Specialized
1
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
narrow-body + aircraft
The meaning 'a commercial airliner with a single aisle' is directly and compositionally inferable from the constituents: 'narrow' (not wide), 'body' (the fuselage or main part of the plane), and 'aircraft' (a flying vehicle). Although 'narrow-body' is technical aviation vocabulary, the logic is transparent and cross-linguistically paralleled, so a B1 learner who knows the parts can understand the MWE.
Etymology
Narrow-body aircraft names a plane with a narrow, thin body and only one aisle down the middle, so seats are closer together. That's why the term refers to the common passenger plane used on 'short to medium' routes.