| 单词 | parasite fighter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasparasite fighter parasite fighter n. now chiefly historical a fighter jet carried by and operating from another aircraft. ΚΠ 1948 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 2 Jan. 10/1 A new jet fighter plane is expected soon to start and end a flight high in the sky for the first time in history. This is the McDonnell XP-85, known as a ‘parasite’ fighter because it is based on a larger craft. 1977 New Scientist 25 Aug. 489/4 In the immediate post-war years the US Army Air Force test launched the diminutive McDonnell XF-85 Goblin parasite fighter from the bomb bay of a Boeing B-29 bomber. 1994 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 6 June (Business Plus section) 14 The tiny jet was a ‘parasite fighter’... The Goblin had no landing gear, and was to be launched and recovered with a trapeze frame. < as lemmas |
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