English Dictionary

airshoot

noun

(rare, weaponry) A shot at something that is in the air, or a shot in midair. / (architecture) A channel for providing ventilation.

The airshoot of the plant helps in the dispersal of seeds.

意味（1）

(rare, weaponry) A shot at something that is in the air, or a shot in midair.

The impressive results: naval gunfire support qualification achieved an 86.3 average, scoring 100 in two surface gunnery shoots , and a 95 grade for an airshoot.

意味（2）

(architecture) A channel for providing ventilation.

Each transformer has a sheet-iron case, connected to an airshoot which discharges the warm air outside the building.

意味（3）

(botany) A filiform shoot of a water plant that floats on the surface of the water and contains bract-like organs.

At the end of the vegetation period not only the flower-bearing airshoot, but also smaller or greater parts of the purely vegetative stems die away.

意味（4）

(botany) A root-like structure that runs along the surface of the ground, putting down roots at a distance as a form of propagation.

As soon as the airshoots appear they should be hoed, and if the hoeing is continued so as to check the airshoots, the weed may ultimately be destroyed.