| 释义 |
non-ˈrigid, a.
[non- 3.]
Not rigid; spec. denoting an airship which has no framework to support the envelope, and whose shape is maintained solely by the pressure of the gas inside. Also occas. as n., an airship of this kind.
1909A. Berget Conquest of Air i. v. 108 These airships are non-rigid. 1909Daily Chron. 3 Aug. 1/7 The two non-rigids that are to come from France. 1930Daily Express 6 Oct. 2/4 He..was captain of non-rigid airships in home waters and the East Mediterranean. 1961B.S.I. News Dec. 20/2 Rigid plastics; semi-rigid plastics; non-rigid plastics. |