1. 航空的；飛機的；由飛機進(jìn)行的；空中的 You talk about aerial attacks and aerial photographs to indicate that people or things on the ground are attacked or photographed by people in aeroplanes.
e.g. Weeks of aerial bombardment had destroyed factories and highways... 數周的空中轟炸已經(jīng)摧毀了許多工廠(chǎng)和公路。 e.g. Patterns that are invisible on the ground can be the most striking part of an aerial photograph... 地面上看不出來(lái)的圖案可能會(huì )成為航拍照片中最引人注目的東西。
2. 空氣中的；地表以上的 You can use aerial to describe things that exist or happen above the ground or in the air.
e.g. The seagulls swirled in aerial combat over the barges. 海鷗盤(pán)旋在駁船上方，展開(kāi)空中的搏斗。
3. 天線(xiàn) An aerial is a device or a piece of wire that receives television or radio signals and is usually attached to a radio, television, car, or building.
e.g. ...a saucer-shaped satellite television aerial. 碟狀的衛星電視天線(xiàn) e.g. ...the radio aerials of taxis and cars. 出租車(chē)和轎車(chē)的無(wú)線(xiàn)電天線(xiàn)