英语词汇“chocks away”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P2. Originally and chiefly British. chocks away: (originally) a call (used by R.A.F. pilots in the Second World War) for the chocks (sense 5c) of an aircraft to be removed prior to taking off; (later with allusion to this) used to indicate that a person is ready to begin; ‘here we go’, ‘let's go’, often with (sometimes ironic) connotations of carefree daring.

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1941 Aeroplane 21 Feb. 237/1 A waving hand—it's ‘Chocks away!’

1959 G. Slatter Gun in my Hand 197 Wizard show. Chocks away. Here we go, old boy.

1978 Times 6 June 11/6 At 6.40, he served to Vilas. Chocks away.

1991 Photo Answers May 5/1 It's Chocks away with Sean ‘Biggles’ Hargrave as he pays us a flying visit and blitzes loads more readers' pics.

1993 S. McAughtry Touch & Go xxix. 227 She pushed Dicky to me. I put my arms around him. ‘Chocks away, Hughie,’ Dicky said.

1998 C. Chidgey In Fishbone Church (2000) 222 And he presses his finger on the end of the arm rest and begins to move up the stairs. ‘Chocks away!’ he calls.

2013 Independent (Nexis) 20 Oct. 20 Chocks away for an entertaining crime caper, involving the Ottoman Empire, an exiled Turkish prince, Russian spies, resurrection men, smuggled gems and murders galore.

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释义	> as lemmas chocks away P2. Originally and chiefly British. chocks away: (originally) a call (used by R.A.F. pilots in the Second World War) for the chocks (sense 5c) of an aircraft to be removed prior to taking off; (later with allusion to this) used to indicate that a person is ready to begin; ‘here we go’, ‘let's go’, often with (sometimes ironic) connotations of carefree daring. ΚΠ 1941 Aeroplane 21 Feb. 237/1 A waving hand—it's ‘Chocks away!’ 1959 G. Slatter Gun in my Hand 197 Wizard show. Chocks away. Here we go, old boy. 1978 Times 6 June 11/6 At 6.40, he served to Vilas. Chocks away. 1991 Photo Answers May 5/1 It's Chocks away with Sean ‘Biggles’ Hargrave as he pays us a flying visit and blitzes loads more readers' pics. 1993 S. McAughtry Touch & Go xxix. 227 She pushed Dicky to me. I put my arms around him. ‘Chocks away, Hughie,’ Dicky said. 1998 C. Chidgey In Fishbone Church (2000) 222 And he presses his finger on the end of the arm rest and begins to move up the stairs. ‘Chocks away!’ he calls. 2013 Independent (Nexis) 20 Oct. 20 Chocks away for an entertaining crime caper, involving the Ottoman Empire, an exiled Turkish prince, Russian spies, resurrection men, smuggled gems and murders galore. extracted from chockn.¹ < as lemmas
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