PMPGan occasion when people or supplies are taken to a place by plane, especially during a war or dangerous situation 〔尤指战时或危险情况下人员或物资的〕空运
—airlift verb [transitiveT]
Examples from the Corpus
airlift• His first column was a paean to the ingenuity, resolve, and braveryrepresented by the massive Berlin airlift.• The increase is partly accounted for by the airlift of refugees from Kosovo.• In mid-June 1948 Truman ordered the airlift.• Thanks to the airlifts, the averagedailydeathrate now is 12.• The airlift had now stopped and people were being moved on to Myitkyina, hoping to get a plane there.• The first planes of this airliftarrived in Beletuen on the same day.• The plan seems to be to use airliftescorted by fighter planes.