单词 | aerobat |
释义 | † aerobatn.1 Obsolete. A flying machine.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > [noun] > an aircraft air machine1783 aerostat1784 air vessel1824 aircraft1845 aerobat1879 flyer1880 clipper1887 machine1896 avion1898 aerocar1910 1879 Scribner's Monthly Feb. 570/1 The term aërostat..cannot be applied to such a structure [i.e. a flying machine], as it describes a vessel which stands or is upheld in the air... Nothing has been proposed which seems to me so..logically correct in application, as the exact converse of ‘aërostat’, namely, aërobat (ἀήρ—βαίνειν), meaning that which can go, as opposed to that which only can stand, in the air. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2021). aerobatn.2 A person who performs aerobatics. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > people who fly in aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > person in control of aircraft or spacecraft > person in control of aircraft > one who performs aerobatics looper1914 loopist1914 aerobat1929 1929 Notes & Queries 157 359/2 The word aerobat..is now used for an airman who does ‘stunts’. 1961 C. B. Smith Testing Time iii. 44 Gustav Hamel, the brilliant aerobat..was summoned by the King to Windsor to demonstrate his looping of the loop. 2006 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 19 Aug. 1 About 50 feet from the ground..where no competition aerobat would start a display. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). aerobatv. intransitive, and transitive with it. To perform aerobatics. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > aerobatics > perform aerobatics [verb (intransitive)] split-arse1917 stunt1917 barnstorm1928 aerobat1930 society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > aerobatics > use for aerobatics [verb (transitive)] stunt1928 aerobat1930 1930 Flight 22 659/1 Mr. George Murray aerobated in Capt. Broad's special Moth. 1943 T. Horsley Find, Fix & Strike 43 The pupil who ‘shows off’..or who can never take an aircraft up without aerobating it. 1974 Brit. Bee Jrnl. 26 Jan. 154/1 Overhead they criss-crossed, aerobating and burning away their energies in a prolonged burst of freedom. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.11879n.21929v.1930 |
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