If we did not have such a thing as an airplane today, we would probably create something the size of N.A.S.A. to make one.
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n. <美>飞机;
💡 air空气+plane飞机 → 飞机
"They arrived in Belgium by airplane ."
他们乘飞机到达比利时。
近义：jet, plane, aeromotor, aeroplane, aircraft, airliner
adv. 大概;或许;很可能;备不住;
💡 probab=probable可能的+ly表副词 →可能性
"Most of the story about his private life was probably apocryphal."
有关他私生活的事可能大部分都是虚构的.
近义：likely, maybe, perchance, perhaps, plausibly, possibly
反义：assuredly, absolutely, positively, quite, surely, thoroughly
vt. 创造，创作;产生;封爵，把…封为（贵族）;
vi. [英][俚]大发脾气，大发牢骚;
💡 cre增长，产生+ate造成→增长→创造
"Mellow music and lighting helped to create the right atmosphere."
柔和的音乐和灯光衬托出了适宜的氛围。
近义：indite, innovate, invent, make, manufacture, mold
n. 事件，形势;东西，事物;家伙;事业;
"She was the only thing that made life bearable."
只因有了她生活才可以过得下去。
近义：item, knickknack, article, object, tchotchke, thingamabob
adv. （在）今天;现在;现今;现代，当代;
n. 今天，今日;现代，当代;现今;
💡 到（to）的天（day），是 今天
"Blimey, it's hot today."
哎呀，今天真热。
近义：now, nowadays
n. 大小，尺寸;规模;胶料，浆糊;巨大，大量;
vt. 按大小排列;改变…的大小;上胶料，上浆;上涂料;
adj. 一定尺寸的;
💡 四(si)则(ze)运算量 尺寸
"This report is an acknowledgement of the size of the problem."
这个报告承认了问题的严重性。
近义：dimension, magnitude, roominess, spaciousness, vastness, volume
反义：shortness, slightness, tininess, trifle, minuteness, diminutiveness