jet-propelv.

Brit.

/ˌdʒɛtprəˈpɛl/, U.S.

/ˌdʒɛtprəˈpɛl/,

/ˌdʒɛtproʊˈpɛl/

Inflections: Present participle jet-propelling, (chiefly U.S.) jet-propeling; past tense and past participle jet-propelled, (chiefly U.S.) jet-propeled;

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: jet n.³, propel v.

Etymology: < jet n.³ + propel v. Compare earlier jet-propelled adj.

1. transitive. figurative. To move (a person or thing) forward at great speed; to promote rapidly.

ΚΠ

1944 Archit. Forum July 36/1 Would it be too much for Mr. Hornbostel to jet-propel himself down to the local hopping ground?

1960 Times 6 Aug. 9/5 Heifetz..plays the slow movement with a fair amount of elbow-power, and jet-propels the fairies through the last.

1987 M. B. Young in Ching-I Tu Trad. & Creativity 37 A cultural revolution that attempted to jet propel an agrarian, semi-industrialized country into the millennium of realized communism.

2007 Golf Punk Oct. 62/1 It was success at his hometown tournament that jet-propelled Demaret into the spotlight.

2. transitive. To cause to move by jet propulsion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > cause to move swiftly [verb (transitive)] > very

streak1912

jet-propel1950

1950 Birmingham (Alabama) News 2 Jan. 17/1 They have learned to jet-propel bodies, but they haven't taken the first step in jet-propelling the human spirit.

1954 ‘N. Blake’ Whisper in Gloom i. i. 15 If the jet-propelled craft he had built failed to jet-propel itself.

2002 J. Gooderham & E. Tsyrlin Waterbug Bk. 163/1 Larval dragonflies..can squeeze the water out with enough force to jet propel themselves forward.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	jet-propel
释义	jet-propelv. Brit. /ˌdʒɛtprəˈpɛl/, U.S. /ˌdʒɛtprəˈpɛl/, /ˌdʒɛtproʊˈpɛl/ Inflections: Present participle jet-propelling, (chiefly U.S.) jet-propeling; past tense and past participle jet-propelled, (chiefly U.S.) jet-propeled; Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: jet n.³, propel v. Etymology: < jet n.³ + propel v. Compare earlier jet-propelled adj. 1. transitive. figurative. To move (a person or thing) forward at great speed; to promote rapidly. ΚΠ 1944 Archit. Forum July 36/1 Would it be too much for Mr. Hornbostel to jet-propel himself down to the local hopping ground? 1960 Times 6 Aug. 9/5 Heifetz..plays the slow movement with a fair amount of elbow-power, and jet-propels the fairies through the last. 1987 M. B. Young in Ching-I Tu Trad. & Creativity 37 A cultural revolution that attempted to jet propel an agrarian, semi-industrialized country into the millennium of realized communism. 2007 Golf Punk Oct. 62/1 It was success at his hometown tournament that jet-propelled Demaret into the spotlight. 2. transitive. To cause to move by jet propulsion. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > cause to move swiftly [verb (transitive)] > very streak1912 jet-propel1950 1950 Birmingham (Alabama) News 2 Jan. 17/1 They have learned to jet-propel bodies, but they haven't taken the first step in jet-propelling the human spirit. 1954 ‘N. Blake’ Whisper in Gloom i. i. 15 If the jet-propelled craft he had built failed to jet-propel itself. 2002 J. Gooderham & E. Tsyrlin Waterbug Bk. 163/1 Larval dragonflies..can squeeze the water out with enough force to jet propel themselves forward. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1944
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