单词 | multi-engine |
释义 | multi-enginen.adj. A. n. In plural. Multiple engines. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] combustion1878 multi-engines1933 1933 Discovery Dec. 367/1 All these difficulties could..be got over if there was a good ground organization, and aircraft..to operate at such heights with multi-engines. B. adj. = multi-engined adj. Also: of or relating to multi-engined aircraft or flying with such aircraft. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [adjective] multi-engined1917 multi-engine1934 1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. at Multi- Multiengine. 1941 Science 24 Jan. 72/2 The Army will develop long-range multi-engine bombers and the Navy long-range multi-engine flying boats. 1961 Economist 25 Nov. 830/2 Rolls-Royce immediately started hawking its competing multi-engine system round the international market. 1973 E. E. Aldrin & W. Warga Return to Earth iv. 117 He wanted me to go to a multiengine flight school and I wanted to be a fighter pilot. 1991 Flying Feb. 40/2 The multiengine rating is placed early into students' training. 1999 Airforces Monthly Oct. 35/2 (caption) RAF Six Griffin HT.1s..are tasked with multi-engine, multi-crew helicopter training for RAF aircrews. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1933 |
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