| 单词 | puff pipe |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspuff pipe puff pipe n. (a) Plumbing a short ventilation pipe connected to a trap or valve in a drainage system; (b) Aeronautics a pipe out of which compressed air is blown in order to control the attitude of a vertical take-off aircraft. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > [noun] > sewer > ventilating pipe puff pipe1894 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > controls and instruments > [noun] > controls > devices to control altitude, attitude, or motion puff pipe1894 altitude control1910 pitch control1930 jet flap1955 roller1959 1894 A. J. Wallis-Tayler Sanitary Arrangem. of Dwelling-houses ix. 58 A puff-pipe, about one inch in diameter, should be taken from the valve-box through the outer wall, and its free end be also fitted with a brass flap-valve. 1960 Aeroplane 98 572/1 (diagram) Pilot controls..attitude and yaw via ‘puff-pipes’. 1965 J. L. Nayler Aviation xiii. 188/2 Control in hovering flight was obtained by the ‘puff-pipe’ system first used in the Flying Bedstead. 1972 J. Hastings Plumber's Compan. 133 In Wiltshire the ornamental end of a puff pipe is a snake's mouth. < as lemmas |
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