| 单词 | guiderope |
| 释义 | > as lemmasguide-rope guide-rope n. †(a) = guy n.1 2; (b) a small rope attached to an object to be raised or lowered by a crane or pulley, in order to guide it; (c) Aeronautics a long rope hung from a balloon or small airship so as to trail along the ground and to preserve altitude automatically by the drag of the rope without loss of ballast or gas; (also) one of a number of ropes used to steady an airship before flight. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > supporting rope guide-ropec1400 stayc1515 guy1620 guide-tackle1665 side rope1726 guy-rope1793 guy-rod1903 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > balloons and airships > [noun] > guide rope trail-rope1826 guideline1836 guide-rope1838 c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 105 Gederen to þe gyde ropes, þe grete cloþ falles. 1730 J. T. Desaguliers in Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 195 A small Rope, call'd the Guide-Rope, is fasten'd to the Weight. 1838 M. Mason Aeronautica 23 An incident connected with the use of this guide-rope. 1848 Chambers's Jrnl. 6 May 301/2 Mr. Green as a substitute, uses a long rope, called the ‘guide-rope’. 1897 Strand Mag. 13 227/2 One rope (the guide-rope) is securely tied to this crow-bar, and then thrown on the cliff. 1903 Strand Mag. 27 June 476/2 A life-saving kite. The kite carries a guide-rope. 1928 Daily Express 12 Oct. 2/2 Four hundred sinewy fists released their hold on the guide-ropes that still leashed the mammoth [Zeppelin] to earth. guide-rope guide-rope v. intransitive to use a guide-rope. ΚΠ 1904 Pall Mall Mag. 32 20 One can guide-rope in the centre of Paris. 1905 Spectator 11 Mar. 371/1 I hopped over the trees of the Bois..and guide-roped down the Avenue des Champs Elysées to my door at the corner of the Rue Washington. < as lemmas |
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