Definition

1. Noun:
   • Aircraft carrier: A large warship that serves as a mobile airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck for the takeoff and landing of aircraft.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Hải quân đã đưa một hàng không mẫu hạm mới vào hoạt động. (The navy has commissioned a new aircraft carrier.)
  • Hàng không mẫu hạm là một thành phần quan trọng của hạm đội hiện đại. (The aircraft carrier is a crucial component of a modern fleet.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is marked as từ cũ; nghĩa cũ (old word; old meaning), indicating it is an older, less commonly used term in contemporary Vietnamese. The modern equivalent is tàu sân bay.

Variants and Related Words

• Tàu sân bay: The modern and more commonly used term for "aircraft carrier."
• Tàu sân bay hạt nhân: Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

Synonyms

• Tàu sân bay (modern synonym): Aircraft carrier.
• Soái hạm (in some contexts, but not a direct synonym): Flagship.

Related Phrases

• Hạm đội tàu sân bay: Carrier strike group.
• Máy bay cất cánh từ tàu sân bay: Aircraft taking off from an aircraft carrier.

1. (từ cũ; nghĩa cũ) Aircraft carrier