单词 | jet pack |
释义 | > as lemmasjet pack jet pack n. originally Science Fiction a device, worn over the shoulders like a backpack, which enables the wearer to travel through the air or in space by means of jet propulsion. ΚΠ 1952 Los Angeles Times 6 July (Home Mag. section) 47 (advt.) [The space helmet] comes to you complete with flexible outer tubes attached to large double astral jet pack tanks with official space patrol commander insignia. 1957 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 11 Aug. (2nd Comic section) (caption) His jet pack was used up, and he was almost out of oxygen..but he's alive! 1990 Omni Aug. 38/2 The military has been using jet packs to fly men over battlefields. 2005 Smithsonian Aug. 17/1 Strapped into a jet pack, McCandless traveled more than 300 feet from the mother ship [sc. the space shuttle Challenger]. < as lemmas |
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