| 释义 |
‖ vrille Aeronaut.|vril|
[Fr., = spin.]
A tail-spin; also, a spinning manœuvre engaged in deliberately as part of an aerobatic display.
1918B. Hall In the Air iv. 32 He is trained on the rapid machines and when perfected is sent to the acrobatic school where they are taught all sorts of stunts, such as looping, vrille, tail and wing slips, and all the modern stunts. 1918W. J. Abbot Aircraft & Submarines 115 The modern airplane is naturally so stable that if not interfered with it will always attempt to right itself before the dreaded vrille occurs. 1919[see tailspin n. a]. 1965Amer. Speech XL. 13 /vr-/ can be attested, also in more recent vrille and in a proper name. |