今天上午，我国国产大型水陆两栖飞机“鲲龙”AG600 在湖北荆门顺利起飞后，平稳在水上降落，成功完成水上首飞。
据了解，这是目前世界上在研的最大水陆两栖飞机。
China Daily：
The world's largest amphibious aircraft, AG600, carried out its first takeoff and landing on waters in Hubei province's Jingmen on Saturday.
Developed and built by the State-owned aircraft giantAviation Industry Corp of China, the seaplane took off from the Zhanghe Reservoir at 8:51 am and stayed airborne for about 15 minutes. It was piloted by four crew members.
amphibious
/æm'fɪbɪəs/
可以指动物“水陆两栖的”，也可以指交通工具“水陆两用的”，如：
amphibious creatures/animals 两栖生物/动物
amphibious vehicles/aircraft 水陆两用车辆/飞机
an amphibious landing/attack (= from the sea onto the land) 两栖登陆/进攻
AVIC
The Aviation Industry Corporation of China, Ltd. (AVIC)
中国航空工业集团有限公司
· AVIC官网简介（双语并非一一对应）：
中国航空工业集团有限公司（简称“航空工业”）是由中央管理的国有特大型企业，是国家授权投资的机构，于2008年11月6日由原中国航空工业第一、第二集团公司重组整合而成立。集团公司设有航空武器装备、军用运输类飞机、直升机、机载系统与汽车零部件、通用航空、航空研究、飞行试验、航空供应链与军贸、资产管理、金融、工程建设、汽车等产业，下辖100余家成员单位、近27家上市公司，员工逾45万人。
The Aviation Industry Corporation of China, Ltd. (AVIC) was founded on November 6th, 2008 through the restructuring and consolidation of the China Aviation Industry Corporation Ⅰ (AVIC Ⅰ) and the China Aviation Industry Corporation Ⅱ (AVIC Ⅱ). We are centered on aviation and provide complete services to customers in many sectors — from research and development to operation, manufacturing and financing. Our business units cover defense, transport aircrafts, helicopters, avionics and systems, general aviation, research and development, flight testing, trade and logistics, assets management, finance services, engineering and construction, automobiles and more. We have over 100 subsidiaries, 28 listed companies and more than 450,000 employees.
· 注：今年上半年CATTI考试一级笔译实务里的汉译英就是考了公司简介：中国商用飞机有限责任公司 Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China
seaplane & airborne
seaplane很清楚sea+plane就是表示“水上飞机”，英文解释为“a plane that can take off from and land on a body of water”
airborne表示“在飞行中的，在空中”，英文解释为“If an aircraft is airborne, it is in the air and flying.”，文中的stay airborne for about 15 minutes 就是大约飞了15分钟
Global Times：
China's first domestically made large amphibious aircraft AG600 successfully made its first water-based test flight Saturday morning in Jingmen, Central China's Hubei Province, with experts expecting the aircraft to cover the entire South China Sea in the future with its far-reaching rescue and monitoring capabilities.
The aircraft lifted off from the water of Jingmen's Zhanghe Reservoir at 8:51 am, and landed back on to water at 9:05 am, marking the success of its first water-based test flight, according to a statement its manufacturer Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) released on Saturday.
Xinhua:
China's independently-developed large amphibious aircraft AG600 completed its first water takeoff and landing in Jingmen city in central province of Hubei on Saturday morning.
China's first domestically made large amphibious aircraft
我国自主研制的首款大型水陆两栖飞机
China's independently-developed large amphibious aircraft
我国自主研制的大型水陆两栖飞机
complete its first water takeoff and landing
carry out its first takeoff and landing on waters
successfully made its first water-based test flight
成功实现水上首飞
lift off（火箭等）发射；（直升飞机）起飞
The AG600, codenamed Kunlong (鲲龙), is designed to be the world's largest amphibious aircraft. It completed its maiden flight in December 2017.
The AG600 is the third member of China's "large aircraft family" following the large freighter Y-20 and large passenger aircraft C919.
大型运输机运-20、水陆两栖飞机AG600、大型客机C919合称“中国大飞机三剑客”
maiden flight
表示“首航，首飞，初次飞行”；maiden作形容词，可以表示“〔飞机的〕首次飞行/〔船的〕首次航行”，英文解释为“the first journey that a plane or ship makes”，如：maiden flight/voyage；
也可以表示“〔在议会中的〕首次演说”，英文解释为“maiden speech the first speech that someone makes in parliament”
CGTN:
With a 28-meter wingspan, the amphibious aircraft can use both land and water surface to take off. The maximum take-off weight is over 53 tons.
wingspan
表示“ (鸟、昆虫或飞机的)翼展; 翼幅”，英文解释为“The wingspan of a bird, insect, or aeroplane is the distance from the end of one wing to the end of the other wing.”，举个：
... a glider with an 18-foot wingspan
...一架翼幅为18英尺的滑翔机
Taking off in water surface has higher requirements on the structure of the plane as well as the skill of pilots.
"It is more difficult to take off on water than on land, especially on the shock resistance of the plane," said Chen Ming, co-pilot of AG600.
The plane will be used in disaster relief and fire control missions in the future.
AG600飞机可执行森林灭火和水上救援任务。
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