air‧port S3 W3 / eəpɔt $ erpɔrt / 名词 [可数名词]

a place where planes take off and land, with buildings for passengers to wait in → airfield :

The plane landed at Heathrow Airport.

Her family went to see her off at the airport.

THESAURUS

terminal a big building where people wait to get onto planes : The airline uses terminal 4. | Smoking is prohibited inside the terminal building.

runway a long hard surface on which aircraft land and take off : The plane was taxiing along the runway.

the tarmac an area covered with tarmac outside airport buildings : He stepped off the plane onto the tarmac.

check-in (desk) a place where you report your arrival at an airport

departure lounge the place where you wait until your plane is ready to leave

departure gate the place you go through to get on your plane : Will passengers for flight BA670 please go to the departure gate.

baggage reclaim ( also baggage claim ) American English the place where you collect your cases and bags after a flight

immigration the place where officials check the documents of everyone entering the country : Be prepared for long queues at immigration.

customs the place where your bags are checked for illegal goods when you enter a country : We had our bags checked at customs.