| 单词 | air scoop |
| 释义 | > as lemmasair scoop air scoop n. Engineering a projecting structure on the front of a motor vehicle or aeroplane that serves to collect and channel impinging air for ventilation or cooling or to improve combustion. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > balloons and airships > [noun] > scoop for diverting wind air scoop1919 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > other parts of body of vessel > [noun] > opening in side of vessel > for light air > scoop on windsail1741 ventilator1846 air scoop1919 1919 Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms (Royal Aeronaut. Soc.) 55 Air Scoop, a projecting cowl, which, by using the dynamic pressure of the relative wind or slip stream, serves to maintain air pressure in the interior of the envelope. 1945 Sci. Monthly Sept. 229/2 Air scoops to provide combustion and cooling air, which greatly reduce the drag of air intake openings as formerly used on airplanes. 1999 Jrnl. Mil. Hist. 63 745 The peculiar cowling air scoops seen on several operational aircraft. < as lemmas |
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