| 单词 | air sailor |
| 释义 | > as lemmasair sailor air sailor n. (also air sailer) now rare (a) a balloonist; an aeronaut; (b) a hot-air balloon, an airship. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > people who fly in aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > balloonist ballooner1783 aeronaut1784 airgonaut1784 balloonist1784 aerostat1788 air-balloonist1791 voyager1826 air sailor1834 balloon driver1838 balloonatic1854 hot-air balloonist1887 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > balloons and airships > [noun] > airship ship1679 airship1817 air sailor1834 navigable1882 dirigible1885 Zeppelin1896 aeronat1903 steerable1908 Zepp1914 vessel1915 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. v, in Fraser's Mag. 9 306/1 The thunderstruck Air-sailor is not wanting to himself in this dread hour. 1897 Aeronaut. Ann. 3 2 The development of the motorless air-sailer. 1897 Aeronaut. Ann. 3 166 The air-sailer who..adds the thrust of a screw to the forces he is accustomed to deal with. 1908 H. G. Wells War in Air vii. §5 Then Bert..had his first experience of the work of an air-sailor. 1923 Daily Mail 17 Apr. 8 The engineless air-sailor. 1998 Sunday Mag. (Perth, Austral.) (Nexis) 15 Nov. The balloon's..safe return to earth [is] celebrated in vintage French fashion with champagne breakfast and a certificate to the exclusive club of air sailors. < as lemmas |
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