| 单词 | air truck |
| 释义 | > as lemmasair truck air truck n. now chiefly historical an aircraft used to transport cargo. ΚΠ 1927 Middletown (N.Y.) Daily Herald 28 July (heading) Air ‘trucks’—a Detroit concern is going to build all-metal planes of this type for freight service. 1927 Cornell Alumni News Aug. 499 McGovern was attorney for both parties, designed the truck body for the plane, and invented the description ‘air-truck’. 1945 Washington Post 6 Jan. 4/4 Williams' air trucks carry not only men and equipment, but everything under the sun. One plane flew 150 miles to drop a 35-pound package near a field hospital. 2004 J. Skilbeck tr. C. Allaz Hist. Air Cargo & Airmail from 18th Cent. iii. viii. 129 This ‘air truck’ had one special feature:..in order to simplify the loading and unloading of large-sized packages, the front of the cabin could be opened like a door. < as lemmas |
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