单词 | nacelle |
释义 | nacellen.ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > small vessel > small boat nacelle1483 cockle boata1625 peasecod-boat1657 boatie1788 monkey boat1813 dinky1849 cockle1857 sea-boat1909 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 141/1 The quene of thys contree wente for to playe on the ryuage of the see and byheld thys lytyl nacelle and the chyld therein. 2. a. The basket or gondola of a balloon or airship. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > balloons and airships > [noun] > basket or car basket1783 car1783 gallery1784 nacelle1853 boat car1877 gondola1896 1853 Godey's Lady's Bk. Nov. 404 From the nacelle of the balloon directed by M. Tontaine hung a cord. 1901 New Penny Mag. 12 440 The ‘nacelle’, or basket, from which..the aeronaut directs his operations. 1909 Aero 13 July 117/2 The dirigible..has a screw at either end of the nacelle or cradle. 1932 Times 27 May 13/7 The balloon with which the first ascent was made will be used, but a new nacelle will be constructed. 1987 UNESCO Courier (Nexis) Oct. 25 The raft serves as the nacelle for the hot air balloon..to which it is attached by twelve cables. b. gen. Any hollow vessel or object resembling a boat in shape. rare.In quot. 1955: (Architecture) = scotia n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > of specific shape scallop1401 shipc1410 friar1463 columbe1488 culver1500 bell1651 cornet1677 churn1747 tulip-glass1755 situla1804 nacelle1873 thyrse1876 tsun1958 1873 F. W. Clarke Constants of Nature I. xxxix. 126 Dumas made six experiments on the reduction of tungstic acid in hydrogen at a high temperature in a nacelle of unglazed porcelain. 1955 G. Libaire tr. J. Neuvecelle et al. Vatican xxxiv. 244 A red banner ornamented with the pontifical crossed keys has been hung from the loggia, a nacelle jutting out upon the façade of the basilica. 1996 Jrnl. Appl. Ecol. 33 793 Tree crowns were wrapped with nets before leaf fall, from a truck equipped with a nacelle mounted on an articulated arm. 3. The cockpit of an aeroplane. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > attached compartment housing something nacelle1914 blister1939 pod1950 1914 Flight 21 Mar. 308/1 The rear of the nacelle. 1914 Scotsman 8 Sept. 2/7 (advt.) The Henry Farman seaplane is a biplane of the pusher type... The pilot and passenger have comfortable quarters in a nacelle which is built out from the front of the machine. 1920 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 195/1 The spirit was not entering the tank, but spilling over the sides on to the floor of the nacelle. 1945 Science 25 May 12/2 It can be extended beneath the fuselage or cockpit nacelle of the aircraft. 4. a. A streamlined casing on an aircraft or spacecraft, esp. one housing an engine (now often incorporated into a wing); any other similarly shaped structure housing a motor or machinery. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > attached compartment housing something > housing an engine power-egg1916 nacelle1935 1935 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 39 267 The full anti-drag rings and nacelle cowls merge into the wing. 1968 S. E. Whitfield in S. E. Whitfield & G. Roddenberry Making of ‘Star Trek’ ii. ii. 191 The two long nacelles, atop the ship and attached to the engineering hull by slender pylons, house the main starship engines. 1973 E. Arnold Proving Ground xxix. 309 The planes..upended to show the twin nacelles of P-38s. 1976 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman 23 Sept. d7/4 1936..aboard the dirigible Hindenburg... The engines—they are situated in separate nacelles out from the hull. 1984 W. Gibson Neuromancer (1989) i. i. 17 The bladeless nacelle of an electric fan. 1986 D. Carey Dreadnought i. 10 One warp drive nacelle severely damaged, but marginally operable. 1997 AOPA Pilot Nov. 100/1 I began to notice ice forming on the leading edges of the wings, nacelles, and tip tanks. b. A streamlined housing on the body or dashboard of a motor vehicle. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > body or bodywork > streamlined housing teardrop1870 nacelle1959 1959 Motor 3 June 603/3 The furnishings belong to the polished walnut school, upon which is superimposed a hooded crackle-finish nacelle in front of the driver containing a full but oddly-framed set of instruments. 1970 Daily Tel. 7 Apr. 3/1 The Lotus 72's radiator has been moved from the nose and replaced by two smaller radiators mounted in nacelles on the sides of the car. 1996 W. Boyd in H. Ritchie New Sc. Writing 33 He grins and cuffs the headlamp nacelle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1483 |
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