lift-offadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈlɪftɒf/, U.S.

/ˈlɪftˌɔf/,

/ˈlɪftˌɑf/

Forms: Also liftoff, lift off.

Etymology: < verbal phrase to lift off (lift v. 1b, 3).

A. adj.

Removable by lifting.

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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [adjective] > removed or taken away > able to be > by lifting

liftable1856

lift-off1907

1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 385/3 Art cloth box, with lift off lid.

1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 16 Feb. 140/1 (advt.) Lift-off wide doors..give remarkably easy access.

1970 Gloss. Industrial Furnace Terms (B.S.I.) 9 Lift-off cover furnace, a base over which a cover is placed for heating the charge; separate bases are normally available so that the same cover can be used for several charges.

1974 Country Life 6 June 1500 George III Decanter Stand... The lift off tray is divided into nine crenellated compartments.

B. n.

1. Parachuting. A method of leaving an aircraft by opening the parachute while standing on a wing, so as to be carried away by the air current.

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society > travel > air or space travel > parachuting > [noun] > method of leaving aircraft

lift-off1930

1930 P. White How to fly Airplane xxii. 303 Two men are about to execute what is known as a ‘lift-off’ from the wings of a bombing plane.

1946 W. F. Burbidge From Balloon to Bomber iii. 46 There are two main methods of leaving aircraft. One is known as the ‘lift-off’ and in using this method the airman climbs on to the wing..and, by releasing his parachute, is lifted off. But this method has been superseded by the ‘fall free’.

1957 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 252/2 In general use, there are two ways of leaving an aeroplane by parachute: (1) the drag-off or lift-off method, and (2) the jump or free-fall method.

a. [after blast-off n., take-off adj. and n.] The vertical take-off of a rocket, helicopter, or the like; the moment at which an aircraft begins to leave the ground.

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society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > take-off > types of

jump-off1939

jato1944

RATO1945

lift-off1956

1956 W. A. Heflin U.S. Air Force Dict. 299.

1958 Time 8 Dec. 15/2 With great restraint, Shotwell and his 40-man launch team quietly waited in their bunker a full seven minutes after the lift-off before they dared shout.

1961 Aeroplane 101 92/1 Lift-off took place at Cape Canaveral at 07.20 hrs. local time.

1962 New Scientist 22 Feb. 426/3 A plate in 10-gauge aluminium weighed 6·1 lb complete with nine-inch peg and gave adequate protection for fully 50 lift-offs [of VTOL aircraft] on grass.

1962 Engineering 27 July 99/1 The flow characteristic..is designed to facilitate part power operation and easy ‘lift off’ [of hovercraft] from the surface.

1966 J. A. Morris Bird Watcher (1968) ii. 27 The launch vehicle exploded soon after lift-off.

1967 D. P. Davies Handling Big Jets vii. 177 Take care when operating in cross winds. On take-off set in a little into-wind aileron control..; this will stop the down wind roll which will otherwise occur just before lift off.

1967 New Scientist 16 Nov. 406/1 From lift-off at Cape Kennedy..to splash-down in the Pacific Ocean northwest of Hawaii..the entire operation appears to have been an almost flawless performance.

1970 N. Armstrong et al. First on Moon xi. 245 If a serious malfunction should be detected, either by the men in Eagle or by the men on the ground, an immediate liftoff could be ordered.

b. figurative. Initiation or commencement of activity; ‘getting off the ground’ (of a project or scheme).

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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun]

ordeOE

thresholdeOE

frumthc950

anginOE

frumeOE

worthOE

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springc1225

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entryc1330

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dawninga1631

dawn1633

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start1644

fall1647

initial1656

outset1664

outsettinga1698

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offsetting1782

offset1791

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aurora1806

incipiency1817

set-out1821

set-in1826

throw-off1828

go-off1830

outstart1844

start1857

incipience1864

oncome1865

kick-off1875

off-go1886

off1896

get-go1960

lift-off1967

1967 Oxf. Computer Explained 7 Prior to lift-off on 1 August it was necessary that the actual stock in the warehouse be counted and the stock figures loaded to the computer.

1970 Daily Tel. 25 Apr. 17 (heading) Shell has lift-off with its space promotion.

1970 Daily Tel. 25 Apr. 17 After weeks of harrowing doubt, the..‘biggest, most widespread promotion the world has yet seen’ achieves lift-off next week.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lift-off
释义	lift-offadj.n. Brit. /ˈlɪftɒf/, U.S. /ˈlɪftˌɔf/, /ˈlɪftˌɑf/ Forms: Also liftoff, lift off. Etymology: < verbal phrase to lift off (lift v. 1b, 3). A. adj. Removable by lifting. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [adjective] > removed or taken away > able to be > by lifting liftable1856 lift-off1907 1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 385/3 Art cloth box, with lift off lid. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 16 Feb. 140/1 (advt.) Lift-off wide doors..give remarkably easy access. 1970 Gloss. Industrial Furnace Terms (B.S.I.) 9 Lift-off cover furnace, a base over which a cover is placed for heating the charge; separate bases are normally available so that the same cover can be used for several charges. 1974 Country Life 6 June 1500 George III Decanter Stand... The lift off tray is divided into nine crenellated compartments. B. n. 1. Parachuting. A method of leaving an aircraft by opening the parachute while standing on a wing, so as to be carried away by the air current. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > parachuting > [noun] > method of leaving aircraft lift-off1930 1930 P. White How to fly Airplane xxii. 303 Two men are about to execute what is known as a ‘lift-off’ from the wings of a bombing plane. 1946 W. F. Burbidge From Balloon to Bomber iii. 46 There are two main methods of leaving aircraft. One is known as the ‘lift-off’ and in using this method the airman climbs on to the wing..and, by releasing his parachute, is lifted off. But this method has been superseded by the ‘fall free’. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 252/2 In general use, there are two ways of leaving an aeroplane by parachute: (1) the drag-off or lift-off method, and (2) the jump or free-fall method. 2. a. [after blast-off n., take-off adj. and n.] The vertical take-off of a rocket, helicopter, or the like; the moment at which an aircraft begins to leave the ground. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > take-off > types of jump-off1939 jato1944 RATO1945 lift-off1956 1956 W. A. Heflin U.S. Air Force Dict. 299. 1958 Time 8 Dec. 15/2 With great restraint, Shotwell and his 40-man launch team quietly waited in their bunker a full seven minutes after the lift-off before they dared shout. 1961 Aeroplane 101 92/1 Lift-off took place at Cape Canaveral at 07.20 hrs. local time. 1962 New Scientist 22 Feb. 426/3 A plate in 10-gauge aluminium weighed 6·1 lb complete with nine-inch peg and gave adequate protection for fully 50 lift-offs [of VTOL aircraft] on grass. 1962 Engineering 27 July 99/1 The flow characteristic..is designed to facilitate part power operation and easy ‘lift off’ [of hovercraft] from the surface. 1966 J. A. Morris Bird Watcher (1968) ii. 27 The launch vehicle exploded soon after lift-off. 1967 D. P. Davies Handling Big Jets vii. 177 Take care when operating in cross winds. On take-off set in a little into-wind aileron control..; this will stop the down wind roll which will otherwise occur just before lift off. 1967 New Scientist 16 Nov. 406/1 From lift-off at Cape Kennedy..to splash-down in the Pacific Ocean northwest of Hawaii..the entire operation appears to have been an almost flawless performance. 1970 N. Armstrong et al. First on Moon xi. 245 If a serious malfunction should be detected, either by the men in Eagle or by the men on the ground, an immediate liftoff could be ordered. b. figurative. Initiation or commencement of activity; ‘getting off the ground’ (of a project or scheme). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun] ordeOE thresholdeOE frumthc950 anginOE frumeOE worthOE beginninga1225 springc1225 springc1225 commencementc1250 ginninga1300 comsingc1325 entryc1330 aginning1340 alphac1384 incomea1400 formec1400 ingressc1420 birtha1425 principlea1449 comsementa1450 resultancec1450 inition1463 inceptiona1483 entering1526 originala1529 inchoation1530 opening1531 starting1541 principium1550 entrance1553 onset1561 rise1589 begin1590 ingate1591 overture1595 budding1601 initiationa1607 starting off1616 dawninga1631 dawn1633 impriminga1639 start1644 fall1647 initial1656 outset1664 outsettinga1698 going off1714 offsetting1782 offset1791 commence1794 aurora1806 incipiency1817 set-out1821 set-in1826 throw-off1828 go-off1830 outstart1844 start1857 incipience1864 oncome1865 kick-off1875 off-go1886 off1896 get-go1960 lift-off1967 1967 Oxf. Computer Explained 7 Prior to lift-off on 1 August it was necessary that the actual stock in the warehouse be counted and the stock figures loaded to the computer. 1970 Daily Tel. 25 Apr. 17 (heading) Shell has lift-off with its space promotion. 1970 Daily Tel. 25 Apr. 17 After weeks of harrowing doubt, the..‘biggest, most widespread promotion the world has yet seen’ achieves lift-off next week. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas lift-off lift-off n. used esp. attributively, a method of hoisting containers from one vessel or vehicle to another. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > [noun] > method of hoisting containers lift-off1956 1956 Sun (Baltimore) 16 Oct. 18/3 The relative merits of ‘roll-on, roll-off’ shipping, where trailers would be rolled aboard, and of ‘lift-on, lift-off’ service involving only a truck van. 1967 Freight Management Jan. 15/1 (advt.) Last year Southampton handled thousands of containers by lift-on/lift-off. 1968 Economist 14 Sept. p. xxxiv/1 The North Sea is now the focal point of a fight between two new forms of transport, the roll-on, roll-off ferry services..and lift-on, lift-off container services. 1969 Jane's Freight Containers 1968–9 160/3 Lift-on Lift-off Unitised Loads. extracted from liftv. < adj.n.1907 as lemmas
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