English Dictionary

aerial

/ˈɛɹ.i.əl/

adj

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.

The aerial acrobats performed breathtaking stunts high above the crowd.

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