🇬🇧🇨🇳 carry-on - 随身行李 : English Lesson

Meaning of "carry-on" ("随身行李"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A carry-on is a small suitcase, backpack, or bag that you’re allowed to take with you inside the airplane and keep near your seat, instead of sending it away in the big luggage area under the plane.

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Grandma said to pack “light,” so I put a flashlight in my carry-on and called it a day.

My sister’s carry-on is full of beauty products; mine is full of candy.

I packed my homework in my carry-on, and sadly, the airline did not lose it.

When the announcement said, “Watch your carry-on,” I stared at my bag suspiciously for ten minutes in case it tried anything sneaky.

The pilot said, “Secure your carry-on,” so I buckled mine into the seat and offered it a tiny bag of peanuts.

She hugged her carry-on, the small carry-on she'd bought for this trip. On the plane she lifted the carry-on into the overhead bin, then slid a scarf into the carry-on pocket. A child reached for the wrong carry-on; she laughed and swapped bags back. At takeoff she smiled, feeling light with her carry-on safe.

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This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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