单词 | flying machine |
释义 | > as lemmasflying machine flying machine n. a machine or contrivance capable of being flown in the air; usually restricted to a heavier-than-air machine dependent on its motors for maintenance and progression in the air (see also flying adj. 4b). ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > [noun] > an aircraft > heavier-than-air aircraft flying machine1736 aeronef1861 aeromotive1865 aviator1891 aeromotor1902 aerodyne1906 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > machinery for effects > for flying wire1607 traveller1859 flying machine1881 1736 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 617/1 One James Todd..at the Theatre in Covent-Garden, fell from the upper Stage, in a flying Machine, the Wires breaking. 1769 Oxf. Mag. Sept. 108 (caption) A New Flying Machine upon Dr. Musgrave's Plan, that moves with ye same Rapidity as Mr. Moore's Machine without Horses. 1797 Encycl. Brit. I. 198/2 In the year 1709..as we were informed by a letter published in France in 1784, a Portuguese projector, Friar Gusman, applied to the king for encouragement to his invention of a flying machine. 1808 G. Cayley Aeronaut. & Misc. Note-bk. (1933) 3 Apr. 63 It obliges the centre of gravity of flying machines to be much forwarder of the centre of bulk than could be supposed a priori. 1834 Amer. Railroad Jrnl. 3 790/1 (caption) Travelling Balloon, or Flying Machine. 1865 Reader 1 Apr. 375/3 Until the time shall arrive when an aerostat or flying machine can be introduced with something like success. 1881 L. Wagner Pantomimes 57 The manipulation of flying machines, or other contrivances whereby [etc.]. 1895 Nature 1 Aug. 321/2 A large party of scientific men..to witness a trial of the celebrated flying machine. 1908 H. G. Wells War in Air viii. §2 It was not in their airships, but..in their flying-machines proper, that the strength of the Asiatics lay. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 11 Jan. 9/1 The regulation of flying-machine races. 1959 Times 2 Apr. 4/6 The challenge of the missile does not mean that the flying machine is outdated. On the contrary, there will always be great need for the work of the manned aircraft, which it alone can perform. 1970 Daily Tel. 30 Oct. 11/2 I was at school when I saw my first real flying machine. flying machine b. esp. in flying post, a post travelling by relays of horses, an express. Also (17–18th centuries) in flying coach (also flying machine, flying carriage, etc.), the ordinary designation for a swift stage coach; flying packet, a packet sent by ‘flying post’ (all obsolete).Flying Scotchman, Scotsman: see the second element. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > types of service > conveyance of mail by land or sea > by post-rider or coach flying post1548 posting1556 postage1566 dāk1727 pony express1847 pony post1892 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport by relays of horses or vehicles > [noun] > travelling by means of post-horses > types of service flying post1548 by-post1593 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [noun] > stagecoach or mail coach posting carriage1556 wagon1615 post-coach1636 stagecoach1658 flying coach1669 stage1671 wagon-coach1675 stage-wagon1681 post-car1694 post-wagon1694 post calash1703 fly1708 post-carriage1720 post-stage1738 diligence1742 flying machine1764 machine1769 mail coach1785 dilly1786 mail stage1792 high-flyer1799 post-equipage1813 post vehicle1815 tally-ho coach1831 mail packeta1837 flying carriage1849 stager1852 mail-hack1909 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxxvij Richarde Duke of Yorke..by..flieng postes, was aduertised of the great victorie. 1669 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 153 Apr. 5, M(onday) flying coaches set up. 1685 London Gaz. No. 2009/1 Last Night..a Flying Pacquet..brought us the.. News of the Death of our Late Gracious Soveraign. 1705 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 29 Sept. On the 19th came by a Flying Post a Pacquet from Court. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 371 She had set out, in the Flying-coach. 1764 Ipswich Jrnl. 18 Feb. 4/3 A new Flying Machine, to accommodate Passengers by..the nearest Way for London, will set out..on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. 1769 Public Advertiser 25 Sept. 4/2 One of the flying Machines from this City to London. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 378 At the close of the reign of Charles II, flying carriages ran thrice a week from London to all the chief towns. < as lemmas |
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