单词 | fast-rope |
释义 | > as lemmasfast-rope fast-rope v. intransitive (of military personnel) to descend from a hovering helicopter by sliding down a thick rope. ΚΠ 1990 Associated Press (Nexis) 15 Oct. In another reported incident, U.S. Marines for the first time joined in a boarding party by ‘fast-roping’ from a hovering helicopter onto the deck of an Iraqi ship in the northern Arabian Sea. 2011 New Yorker 8 Aug. 36/3 He and the eleven other seals on ‘helo one’, who were wearing gloves and had on night-vision goggles, were preparing to fast-rope into bin Laden's yard. < as lemmas |
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