'coptern.

Forms: also copter.

Etymology: Shortened < helicopter n.

Chiefly U.S.

= helicopter n. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > rotary wing aircraft > [noun] > helicopter or gyrocopter

helicopter1861

automotive1865

gyroplane1907

gyropter1908

gyrocopter1915

egg-beater1937

mixmaster1946

'copter1947

chopper1951

whirlybird1951

1947 Sun (Baltimore) 28 June 9/2 The 'copter stepped out of the test tunnel into a wartime job.

1949 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 53 311/1 Even the provision of ‘City Copter Courts’, as they had been called, would not ensure the full economic utilisation of the helicopter transport potential, unless the public were educated to be helicopter-minded.

1953 F. Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth Space Merchants (1955) ii. 23 ‘Damn-fool bus drivers,’ Jack grunted, staring up at the 'copter.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	copter
释义	'coptern. Forms: also copter. Etymology: Shortened < helicopter n. Chiefly U.S. = helicopter n. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > rotary wing aircraft > [noun] > helicopter or gyrocopter helicopter1861 automotive1865 gyroplane1907 gyropter1908 gyrocopter1915 egg-beater1937 mixmaster1946 'copter1947 chopper1951 whirlybird1951 1947 Sun (Baltimore) 28 June 9/2 The 'copter stepped out of the test tunnel into a wartime job. 1949 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 53 311/1 Even the provision of ‘City Copter Courts’, as they had been called, would not ensure the full economic utilisation of the helicopter transport potential, unless the public were educated to be helicopter-minded. 1953 F. Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth Space Merchants (1955) ii. 23 ‘Damn-fool bus drivers,’ Jack grunted, staring up at the 'copter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1947
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