| 单词 | flat spin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasflat spin flat spin n. Aeronautics a spin in which an aircraft descends in tight circles while not departing greatly from a horizontal attitude; figurative, a frenzy of agitation, a worried confusion of mind. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [noun] > state of trepidation flighta1535 trepidation1625 twitter1653 trepidity1721 twitteration1775 trepidancy1840 twit1891 swivet1892 flat spin1917 society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > [noun] > spin spin1915 spinning1915 tailspin1916 flat spin1917 vrille1918 1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings iv. 104 Suddenly the machine quivered, swung to the left, and nearly put itself in a flat spin. 1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 23 Flat spin, to be in difficulties. Only applied to an airman. ‘On a flat spin’, in a bad position. 1928 Daily Mail 7 May 6/4 When a person becomes excited or confused, aviators say ‘He went into a flat spin’. 1930 Punch 30 Apr. 500 Getting into a flat spin over the perishing spelling. 1957 M. Spark Comforters vi. 126 It is possible for a man matured in religion by half a century of punctilious observance..to go into a flat spin when faced with some trouble which does not come within a familiar category. 1967 D. Piggott Gliding (ed. 2) xv. 90 Recovery from a flat spin is slow and unpredictable. flat spin d. Aeronautics. A steep descent in which an aircraft describes a helix at an angle of attack greater than the stalling angle; flat spin: see s.v. flat adj., adv., and n.3 Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > [noun] > spin spin1915 spinning1915 tailspin1916 flat spin1917 vrille1918 1915 Aeroplane 10 Nov. 578/2 Several times their aeroplane got into a ‘spin’. 1918 War Birds (1927) 69 I spun down and came out of the spin in the clouds. 1918 War Birds (1927) 87 All in Camels and all doing right hand spins. 1929 F. A. Swoffer Learning to Fly 91 To go into a spin, close the throttle and commence a gliding turn. 1930 Nayler & Ower Aviation To-day 324 To come out of the spin the pilot pushes his stick forward so as to unstall the wings. 1939 Aircraft Engin. XI. 40/3 There are many references to spiral or corkscrew descent in the literature..but this always implies a fully controllable motion at an angle of incidence below the critical angle; very different to the spin proper. 1953 Aeroplane 30 Jan. 140/2 Apart from spins that resulted in fatal accidents, there were also quite a number before 1914 which had less drastic consequences. 1977 New Yorker 27 June 62/1 The Liberator..went into a spin, dived toward the earth. < as lemmas |
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